Labertouche,_Victoria

Labertouche

Labertouche

Town in Victoria, Australia

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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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

References

  1. [1]
    "2016 Census QuickStats Labertouche". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  3. [3]
    "MR. P. P. LABERTOUCHE". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 5 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    Burkes Colonial Gentry p351
  5. [5]
    Labertouche Primary School History, THE SCHOOL AN EARLY HISTORY Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves
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