Labertouche
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| Coordinates: 38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 356 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3816 | ||||||||||||
| County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- Lionel Rose Australian Aboriginal boxer, born at Jacksons Track settlement near Labertouche and attended Labertouche Primary School.
Places of interest
[edit]- Labertouche Cave – granite caves[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Labertouche (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "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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