JUMBUNNA RAILWAY EMBANKMENT
14 REES JUMBUNNA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Jumbunna railway embankment is historically significant as a strong visual link to an era when the Colony of Victoria was developing coal resources to reduce its reliance on imports, and government was gradually expanding its railway network to service the fledgling coal mining industry.
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JUMBUNNA RAILWAY EMBANKMENT - History
Coal was discovered at Jumbunna in 1889, and mining was postponed until a Victorian Railways branch line was constructed from Korumburra to the new Jumbunna Township in 1893.JUMBUNNA RAILWAY EMBANKMENT - Interpretation of Site
The railyway embankment was the end of the Jumbunna branch line constructed in 1893, and the position of the modern tin shed was the site of the former Jumbunna Railway Station.
Heritage Inventory Description
JUMBUNNA RAILWAY EMBANKMENT - Heritage Inventory Description
the Jumbunna Railway embankment is situated in the small township of Jumbunna in South Gippsland. It shows as an earth embankment, and the remains of a bridge at the Rees Rd crossing.
Earth embankment. Remnant bridge poles.
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JUMBUNNA RAILWAY EMBANKMENTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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