title: Labertouche
text: # 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
  