Labertouche
# 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.

The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876.

The locality is named after Peter Paul Labertouche, the Secretary of the Victorian Railways 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 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
