Tyrendarra

Tyrendarra is a small rural village in western Victoria, located where the Princes Highway is joined by the road from Heywood. It is 22 km north-east of Portland.

Tyrendarra is situated in country that proved inhospitable to European settlers. It is flanked on the west and the east by the Fitzroy River and Darlot Creek, and much of the land is stony rises intermingled with swamps. Apart from these physical difficulties, Aboriginal resistance to European settlement was strong.