Labertouche

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]

Labertouche Victoria
Labertouche
Coordinates	38.047970°S 145.830841°E / -38.047970; 145.830841
Population	356 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3816
LGA(s)	Shire of Baw Baw
County	Buln Buln
State electorate(s)	Narracan
Federal division(s)	Monash
Localities around Labertouche: Bunyip State Park Bunyip State Park Neerim Tonimbuk Labertouche Jindivick Bunyip Longwarry Drouin

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]