Labertouche, Victoria


Labertouche is a town 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 town 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