Labertouche
Town in Victoria, Australia
38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841| 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.[1]
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
- Labertouche Cave – granite caves[6]
References
- ^ 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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Localities in the Shire of Baw Baw
- Buln Buln
- Darnum
- Drouin South
- Drouin West
- Ellinbank
- Jindivick
- Labertouche
- Longwarry^
- Longwarry North
- Moe^
- Moe South^
- Narracan^
- Neerim
- Neerim South
- Nilma
- Nilma North
- Nyora^
- Poowong North^
- Rawson
- Ripplebrook
- Rokeby
- Tanjil South^
- Thorpdale
- Toongabbie^
- Trafalgar
- Trafalgar East
- Trafalgar South
- Warragul South
- Willow Grove
- Yallourn North^
- Yarragon
- Yarragon South
- Aberfeldy
- Ada
- Allambee
- Allambee Reserve^
- Allambee South
- Amor
- Athlone
- Baw Baw
- Bona Vista
- Boola
- Brandy Creek
- Bravington
- Buln Buln East
- Caringal
- Childers
- Cloverlea
- Coalville
- Coopers Creek
- Crossover
- Delburn^
- Drouin East
- Erica
- Ferndale
- Fumina
- Fumina South
- Gainsborough
- Gentle Annie
- Hallora
- Heath Hill^
- Hill End
- Icy Creek
- Jacob Creek
- Jericho
- Lardner
- Lillico
- Loch Valley
- Modella^
- Moondarra
- Mountain View
- Nayook
- Neerim East
- Neerim Junction
- Neerim North
- Noojee
- Piedmont
- Poowong East^
- Seaview
- Shady Creek
- Strzelecki^
- Tanjil
- Tanjil Bren
- Tetoora Road
- Thalloo
- Thomson
- Thorpdale South^
- Toombon
- Toorongo^
- Torwood
- Trida^
- Vesper
- Walhalla^
- Warragul West
- Westbury
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
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