Labertouche

Labertouche
Town
Labertouche is located in Baw Baw Shire
Labertouche
Labertouche
Coordinates: 38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total356 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode
3816
CountyBuln Buln
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.[2]

The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876.[3]

The locality is named after Peter Paul Labertouche, the Secretary of the Victorian Railways Department in the late nineteenth century,[4] and who descended from an Irish Huguenots family.[5]

A school was opened in 1880 and continues to operate.[6]

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. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Labertouche (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "2016 Census QuickStats Labertouche". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  4. ^ "MR. P. P. LABERTOUCHE". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 5 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Burkes Colonial Gentry p351
  6. ^ Labertouche Primary School History, THE SCHOOL AN EARLY HISTORY Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ 30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves
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