Labertouche is a locality in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

, Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the

Shire of Baw Baw The Shire of Baw Baw () is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 57,626. It includes the towns of Drouin, Longwarry, Neerim South, Trafalgar ...

. At the 2016 census, Labertouche had a population of 356. The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876. The locality is named after

Peter Paul Labertouche Peter Paul Labertouche (1829–1907), was a British engineer and public servant, who spent most of his working life in Melbourne, Australia in the roads and railway department of the Government of Victoria. He was descended from the Huguenots o ...

, the Secretary of the

Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...

Department in the late nineteenth century, and who descended from an Irish Huguenots family. A school was opened in 1880 and continues to operate. The tree species ''

Grevillea barklyana ''Grevillea barklyana'', also known as gully grevillea or large-leaf grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree, with mostly ...

'' is endemic to an area near Labertouche.

Notable residents

Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE (21 June 1948 – 8 May 2011) was an Australian professional boxer who competed from 1964 to 1976. He held the undisputed WBA, WBC, and ''The Ring'' bantamweight titles from 1968 to 1969, becoming the first Indigeno ...

Australian Aboriginal boxer, born at

Jacksons Track Jackson's or Jacksons may refer to: Businesses * Jackson's (restaurant), in Perth, Western Australia * William Jackson Food Group, a food manufacturer in the United Kingdom * Jacksons Food Stores, an American West Coast convenience store chain * Ja ...

settlement near Labertouche and attended Labertouche Primary School.

Places of interest

* Labertouche Cave – granite caves 30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves
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References

Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Baw Baw {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub