[1] Yungaburra, previously known as Allumbah (meaning red cedar) Pocket, was surveyed in 1886 by Surveyor Rankin as part of a government village settlement scheme.

[1] In 1914, the building which was sited opposite the new Yungaburra railway station, was leased to the Bank of New South Wales.

[1] This single-storeyed timber building with a corrugated iron gable roof is located on the corner of Atherton Road and Cedar Street in the centre of Yungaburra.

[1] The street frontage to Atherton Road to the east has a reconstructed curved corrugated iron awning with a shaped gable above.

[1] The former Bank of New South Wales Building was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

It exhibits a range of aesthetic characteristics valued by the local community, in particular its contribution, through scale, form and materials, to the Yungaburra townscape.