Labertouche

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Labertouche
Victoria
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Labertouche
Coordinates 38°02′53″S145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841 Coordinates: 38°02′53″S145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
Population356 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 3816
LGA(s) Shire of Baw Baw
County Buln Buln
State electorate(s) Narracan
Federal division(s) Monash
Localities around Labertouche:
Bunyip State Park Bunyip State Park Neerim
Tonimbuk Labertouche Jindivick
Bunyip Longwarry Drouin

Labertouche is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the Shire of Baw Baw. At the 2016 census, Labertouche had a population of 356. [1]

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The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876. [2]

The locality is named after Peter Paul Labertouche, the Secretary of the Victorian Railways Department in the late nineteenth century, [3] and who descended from an Irish Huguenots family. [4]

A school was opened in 1880 and continues to operate. [5]

The tree species Grevillea barklyana is endemic to an area near Labertouche.

Notable residents

Places of interest

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References

  1. 1 2 "2016 Census QuickStats Labertouche". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 April 2008
  3. ↑ "MR. P. P. LABERTOUCHE". The Argus . Melbourne. 18 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 5 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Burkes Colonial Gentry p351
  5. ↑ Labertouche Primary School History, THE SCHOOL AN EARLY HISTORY Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ 30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves
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