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Captain Charles Tyers RN FRSV | |
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 Captain Charles J. Tyers, reproduced from the National Library of Australia. | |
| Born | 13 September 1806 London, England |
| Died | 20 September 1870 (aged 64) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Surveyor, explorer, and Commissioner of Crown Lands |
| Spouse | Georgina Caroline (m. 1849) |
| Parent(s) | John Tyers and Elizabeth (née Theobald) |
Captain Charles James Tyers RN FRSV (13 September 1806 – 20 September 1870) was a 19th-century Anglo-Australian surveyor and explorer, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Portland (1842–43) and Gippsland (1844–67).
There are many Australian geographical features named after him, including Tyers, Tyers Junction, Western Tyers, Tyers River, Mount Tyers, and Lake Tyers. His many achievements include the surveying and naming of Port Essington (1839), the determination of the border between South Australia and Victoria, naming the Baw Baw plateau, and being the first European (in 1841) to climb Mount Emu and Mount Buninyong in the Western District of Victoria.