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Jembaicumbene (pronounced Jemmi-c'm-bene) is a locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, located 8 km (5 miles) out along the Braidwood–Majors Creek Road. Once a thriving goldfield, it is now a peaceful valley on the way to Majors Creek. The mining village of the same name is now virtually a ghost town.

The area now known as Jembaicumbene lies on the traditional lands of Walbanga people, a group of Yuin. Settlers took over land in the area from the 1830s.In 1853, Jembaicumbene Creek and it tributaries were proclaimed a goldfield. By 1859, there were over a thousand gold miners on the creek, including six hundred Chinese miners. Land for the site of a village of Jembaicumbene was set aside on 1 February 1867. By 1868, it had "many stores, hotels, and business places, as well as a large flour-mill".The village was located just to the north of Jembaicumbene Creek, a tributary of the Shoalhaven River. Majors Creek Road was its main street, Gillamatong Street, within the village boundaries. Parts of several of its old streets, North, Peel, and Howe Streets still appear on modern-day maps. Stands of fine old trees mark former home sites and the upturned earth along the length of the Jembaicumbene Creek bears witness to the efforts of many hopeful miners, and the later activities of several dredge mining companies.

The Jembaicumbene Steam Flour Mills was built by Charles Dransfield in 1859, and opened in January 1860. The mill building was designed by Sydney architect-surveyor C E Langley. The engineering works for the mill, including supplying the milling equipment, chaff cutters, lift, and 20-horsepower steam engine, were by P.
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