Labertouche

Labertouche
Town
Labertouche
Coordinates: 38°02′53″S145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	Shire of Baw Baw
Government
•  State electorate	Narracan
•  Federal division	Monash
Population
• Total	356 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode	3816
County	Buln Buln
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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]

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

• Lionel Rose Australian Aboriginal boxer, born at Jacksons Track settlement near Labertouche and attended Labertouche Primary School.

Places of interest

• Labertouche Cave – granite caves ^[6]

References

1. "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