Labertouche
Town in Victoria, Australia
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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]
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  Labertouche | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 38.047970°S 145.830841°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 356 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3816 | ||||||||||||
| County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||
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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
- 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]
