JUMBUNNA PUBLIC HALL

The Jumbunna Public Hall, as constructed in 1894 and extended to the front, at 41 Cruikshank Street, Jumbunna, is significant. The 1894 hall comprises the rear section of the building. It has a gabled roof and the original weatherboards have since been reclad. Internally, it retains early tongue & groove lining boards. The front section has roughcast render walls and the roof has a hip profile. Mounted between the two facade windows are two plaques, one commemorating the centenary of the Korumburra Shire in 1991, and the other is an interpretive plaque commemorating the Jumbunna Coal Mines. Mounted in front of the plaques is one of the coal buckets from the aerial tramway that connected the Jumbunna Coal Mine to the railway station .

The Jumbunna Public Hall is of local historic and social significance to the South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, this is, in part, the oldest building in Jumbunna and is associated with the formation of the town and district in the late nineteenth century. The historic significance of the hall is enhanced by its rarity as one of the few surviving early Jumbunna township buildings and one of only six nineteenth century public halls. Also significant is the coal bucket at the front of the building, which is a tangible reminder of the important role that coal played in the development of Jumbunna, and this part of Gippsland, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. (Criteria A and B) 
It has social significance for strong and enduring associations with the Jumbunna community through its continuous use as a public hall for over 125 years. The historic community associations with the hall are demonstrated by the plaques at the front of the building. (Criterion G)