Editing Tyabb (section)

==History==

''Tyabb'' is derived from the [[Boonwurrung language|Boonwurrung]] word ''jouap'', one of the recorded names for [[French Island (Victoria)|French Island]].<ref>Clark, Ian D, 2014, Ch 13. Multiple Aboriginal placenames in western and central Victoria in ''Indigenous and Minority Placenames Australian and International Perspectives,'' ANU Press Library, Canberra, http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p286811/html/ch13.xhtml</ref>

The Post Office opened on 9 March 1891 shortly after the arrival of the railway in 1889.<ref name="a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Tyabb* | access-date = 14 March 2021 }}</ref>

The local area was well known as a fruit growing area in the early twentieth century and was identified by the "TYCOS" brand, which was the name used by the local growers co-operative.