Early Life
Lyne was born at Apslawn, Tasmania. He was the eldest son of John Lyne, a property owner, who was later a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1880 – 1893. He was educated at Horton College, Ross, and subsequently by a private tutor. He left Tasmania aged 20 to take up land in northern Queensland, but finding the climate did not suit him, returned to Tasmania a year later. He became a clerk at Glamorgan Council. After 10 years, Lyne left for the mainland again in 1875 and took up land at Cumberoona near Albury, New South Wales.
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