Labertouche, Victoria

Labertouche
Victoria
Labertouche
Coordinates 38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841Coordinates: 38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
Population 534 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3816
LGA(s) Shire of Baw Baw
County Buln Buln
State electorate(s) Narracan
Federal Division(s) McMillan
Localities around Labertouche:
Labertouche Labertouche Neerim South
Labertouche Rokeby Crossover

Labertouche is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the Shire of Baw Baw.

The first Labertouch post office 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]

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 (31 October 2012). "Labertouche (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2015-07-05. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
  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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