KORUMBURRA POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE (FORMER)

The former Korumburra Post & Telegraph Office complex comprising the brick post office and timber outbuilding, designed by J.B. Cohen and constructed by Neil Falconer in 1904, at 24 Bridge Street, Korumburra. The former Korumburra Post & Telegraph Office is a single storey brick building with unglazed terra cotta tile roofs in Federation Queen Anne style. It is characterised by the complexity of its roof forms and detail. The roof is basically of two major gables intersecting at the corner where the junction is emphasised by an octagonal cone with broken roof pitches. At the Bridge Street side, the residence is identified by two projecting gables and a contiguous verandah. On the Mine Road side, a porch and one projecting gable define the staff and operational section. The public section is accessed by a projecting gable porch diagonally placed on the octagonal corner element. Other notable elements include:

The former Korumburra Post & Telegraph Office complex is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, it was the first Post & Telegraph Office in the Shire to be constructed on behalf of the newly formed Commonwealth Postmaster-General's office and is believed to be only the third in the State. It is therefore highly important in both a local and regional sense as a notable piece of architecture that demonstrates the impact of Federation and the importance of Korumburra at that time. (AHC criteria - A.4, C.2 and D.2) 
Aesthetically, it is a fine example of Federation design by a government department, featuring a full range of inventive decorative elements and forms, with a distinctive address of the slightly acute street corner. Its extravagant style makes it one of the most notable buildings in the Shire, which demonstrates the importance of Korumburra during the Federation period. It is complemented by the intact original outbuilding. (AHC criterion - E.1)