Labertouche, Victoria
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| Population | 534 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3816 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Baw Baw | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narracan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | McMillan | ||||||||||||||
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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 Railway Department in the late nienteenth 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
- Labertouche Cave - granite caves[6]
References
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- ↑ Burkes Colonial Gentry p351
- ↑ Labertouche Primary School History, THE SCHOOL AN EARLY HISTORY
- ↑ 30. VRO Home > Port Phillip & Westernport > Landform Labertouche Caves - Granite Caves
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