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Labertouche is a town 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 | |||||||||||||||
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  Labertouche | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.047970°S 145.830841°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 356 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3816 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Baw Baw | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narracan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Monash | ||||||||||||||
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The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876.[2]
The town 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
- "2016 Census QuickStats Labertouche". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
- "MR. P. P. LABERTOUCHE". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 5 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Burkes Colonial Gentry p351
- Labertouche Primary School History, THE SCHOOL AN EARLY HISTORY Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- 30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves
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