# Labertouche

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**Labertouche** is a locality in [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the [Shire of Baw Baw](/source/Shire_of_Baw_Baw). At the [2016 census](/source/2016_Australian_census), Labertouche had a population of 356.[1]

The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876.[2]

The locality is named after [Peter Paul Labertouche](/source/Peter_Paul_Labertouche), the Secretary of the [Victorian Railways](/source/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](/source/Grevillea_barklyana)* is endemic to an area near Labertouche.

## Notable residents

- [Lionel Rose](/source/Lionel_Rose) Australian Aboriginal boxer, born at [Jacksons Track](/source/Jacksons_Track) settlement near Labertouche and attended Labertouche Primary School.

## Places of interest

- [Labertouche Cave](/source/List_of_caves_in_Australia#Victoria_2) – granite caves[6]

## References

1. ["2016 Census QuickStats Labertouche"](http://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC21411). *Australian Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

1. Premier Postal History, ["Post Office List"](https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=), retrieved 2008-04-11

1. ["MR. P. P. LABERTOUCHE."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10622968). *[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne))*. 18 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 5 July 2015. – via National Library of Australia.

1. [Burkes Colonial Gentry](https://archive.org/stream/genealogical01burk#page/350/mode/2up) p351

1. [Labertouche Primary School History, THE SCHOOL AN EARLY HISTORY](http://labertoucheps.global2.vic.edu.au/school-history/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150706035843/http://labertoucheps.global2.vic.edu.au/school-history/) 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

1. [30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves](http://vro.depi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/portregn.nsf/pages/port_lf_sig_sites_30)

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