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Skyhooks, Noosa Aussie Hop '83, Picnic Racetrack, Cooroy, 23 April 1983Parade participants, Pipe Band, Festival of Waters parade, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1979Holdens as far as you can seeRafting timber, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, ca 1930sSurfers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 29-30 January, 1967 Reg Cannon, John Ribot (Reebs), and Wayne Bennett,  Victory Hotel, Cooroy, ca early 1980sTeachers, Group Photo, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1957Fishing boats and Pelicans, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 1990sCompetitors, swim leg, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 1980sHorse Riding, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 1991George Larard, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, 1929 Tennis Club members, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1933 Competitors, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 10 March 2013Green Gables Café, Golden Beach 1950sNoosa's Surfing History banner image

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Welcome to Heritage Noosa, an online collection of images, videos, interviews, documents, maps, and memorabilia held in the collections of the Noosa Libraries' Heritage Library and other local heritage organisations. The site provides easy online access to a rich store of heritage material relating to the Noosa Shire region, its people, places and events, past and present.

The aim of the site is to continually grow and add to the Noosa Story. If you think something is incorrect or have additional information related to any of the items on the site, please register and login (by clicking the link in the top right corner) and add what you know.

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We are always interested in new material to add to the collection, either as a loan of items to digitise or as a donation. Please contact us if you have images, videos or memorabilia to share.

You are welcome to share material on this site on social media or between individuals on a non-commercial basis but please include a reference and a link back to the original page.

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Please note that the names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may be contained within this collection.

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Wardell Home Movie, Currumbin and Noosa, 1955Local flora, Banksia, ca 1970sAttendees, Opening, 'What's up Sunshine?' exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 15 June 2017First Sunshine Coast Libraries membership card, 2008Post Office, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 31 May 2018Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 3 June 2004Ross Wilson, surfboard factory, Duke Street Sunshine Beach, 1979Veterans, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Aerial view, Marcus Beach, 1990sParkyn holiday cottages, Munna Point, NoosavilleFlooding, Cnr Doonella Street and Lake Street, Tewantin, 1992Filleting fish, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1987-1992Kim Aubrey, Ronnie Thompson with Hylee (dog), Little Cove, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1971Roy Bendixen (right) with Betty and George, Boiling Pot, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1947Storm damage, fig tree, Tewantin, 30 December 1981Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sBoardrider, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sFlypast, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Flotilla re-enactment, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Canoe/Kayak athletes, Olympic Games, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, ca December 1956Beachview Flats, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, late 1953'Souvenir From France 1917,' Embroided Postcard, Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015At the bar, Noosa Heads Surfboard Open Presentation,  Noosa Heads,  September 1969Members, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 2 November 2022Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 March 2008Dinner meeting to establish Noosa Heads Lions Club, Noosa Heads Hotel, 26 February 1974Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Armitage Family, Pomona, ca 1915Audience, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Demonstration skaters, Festival of Waters, Noosa Rollerdrome, Noosaville, 28 August 1979Rescue and Resuscitation Competition, Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1962-63San Elanda Guest House, Pelican Street, Tewantin, 1947 Relocation preparations, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin,  August 2009Beach fishing, First Bay, Coolum Beach, ca 1970sMiss Tewantin, Noosa Show, 1966 Portrait, Walter Tronson, 1912Competition T-shirt, Sunshine Coast Longboard Titles, 1990Alexandria Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Coolum Beach, Noosa,  1947 Jim Lowe with a friend and Jack (dog), Noosa River, Noosaville, 1950sCherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 1973Rusting relics, Cherry Venture shipwreck, Teewah Beach, 18 May 2018Fishing boats, 'Restdown' landing, Lake CooroibahPlayground, Lions Park, Noosa Heads, 1 November 1987Exterior, Alfredson's Joinery, 28 King Street, Cooran, 1 May 2024Over 60's second heat, surfing contest, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Staff, mobile library vehicles, Noosa Library Service, 2006Class Photo, Grade 1A, Cooroy Sate School, Cooroy, 24 November 1971Noosa Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society concert performers, Pomona Memorial School of Arts, 6 Reserve Street, Pomona, 1948Construction and accommodation, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 21 March 1981

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