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Labertouche Victoria
Labertouche
Coordinates	38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
Population	356 (2016 census)
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.

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

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

A school was opened in 1880 and continues to operate.

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

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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