Peter Paul Labertouche (1829–1907), was a British engineer and public servant, who spent most of his working life in Melbourne, Australia in the roads and railway department of the Government of Victoria.
[1] He was descended from the Huguenots of County Wexford; Scales family of Kerry and Cadden of Galway.
[2] Labertouche was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).
[3] He arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 22 aboard the ship Formosa as an unassisted passenger in October 1852.
He was one of hundreds of Public Servants who were dismissed on Black Wednesday in 1878, as part of the struggle between the Berry government and the Legislative Assembly.