Labertouche
| Labertouche Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°02′53″S 145°49′51″E / 38.047970°S 145.830841°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 356 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3816 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Baw Baw | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narracan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Monash | ||||||||||||||
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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.