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.

The area now known as Jembaicumbene lies on the traditional lands of Walbanga people, a group of Yuin.

[4][13] 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.

[15] Although there was still much alluvial gold, in the swampy creek bed at Jembaicumbene, mining it by conventional techniques proved impossible, due to the large amount and high level of groundwater .

[24][25][26][27] A race meeting at Jembaicumbene, for Chinese New Year in 1873, was organised by the prominent naturalised ethnic-Chinese mine owner and businessman, Mei Quong Tart (梅光达)—who came from China to the Braidwood area, in 1859, with an uncle, at the age of nine—and others of the area's Chinese community.

[23] The other interesting connection between Jembaicumbene and the horse Archer, is that Helen "Ellen" de Mestre, the aboriginal first child of Archer's trainer Etienne de Mestre was born in the area, and some of his Aboriginal grandchildren and great-grandchildren were born there.