Labertouche is a locality in
Victoria, Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the
Shire of Baw Baw. At the
2016 census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
, 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 Jackson's or Jacksons may refer to:
* Jackson's House, student-body subdivision at Canadian secondary school Upper Canada College
* Jackson's (restaurant), in Perth, Western Australia
* Jacksons Stores, a British convenience store chain
* William J ...
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 (Australia)
Shire of Baw Baw
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