Labertouche

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]

Labertouche
Victoria
Labertouche is located in Baw Baw Shire
Labertouche
Labertouche
Coordinates38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
Population356 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3816
LGA(s)Shire of Baw Baw
CountyBuln 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

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

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
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