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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, 1955New rodeo chute gates, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, June 1972Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, May 1974Guests, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads 'Burger Cottage', 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 25 October 2021Carport, Pine Trees Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, August 1974Daytrippers, Clifford's Coloured Sands Tours, Teewah Beach  Sunset, Noosa River, Noosaville, September 2021Kevin Freeman, Brisbane, 1934Mango tree and dwelling, Boreen Point, 8 September 1992Clugston & Ireland's sawmill, East Cooroy, ca 1910Aboriginal Children, Edward River Mission, 24 July 1969Lake Weyba, NoosavilleANZ Bank, corner Reserve Street and Memorial Avenue, Pomona, June 1973Vanda Venecia Shields Parkyn portraitClass Photo, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, ca 1950Ray Vandersteen, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1968'Pinevale', Bayview Road, Noosa Heads,  24 April  1954Come under my umbrella, Kate Landsey, rain event, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 25 February 2022Portrait, Miss Florence E. Taylor, Cootharaba Lake School, Cootharaba, 1909Vic Collins and Erica, Neebs Waterhole camping area, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Program for 'Our Boys', A Comedy in 3 Acts, Pomona Amateur Comedy Company, Pomona, 1 December 1921 Sand dunes, Sunrise Beach Estate, Sunrise Beach, 1972Roll up, Opening Day, Cooroy Bowls Club, Opal Street, Cooroy, 1948Weather board house under construction Boy's best friend, ca 1920sHouse, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sAerial view, Sunshine Beach, looking west, 1970Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Eumundi Road and Hilton Terrace roundabout, Noosaville, 26 February 2022'EYHOS' aground, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 9 September 1980Goanna up a tree, Noosa North Shore, 1997D. and L. Watkins, Fancy Dress Ball, Festival of Waters, Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Noosa Heads, 24 August 1973Aerial view, cnr Gympie Terrace and Weyba Road, Noosaville Aerial view Noosaville Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, ca 1973Noosa Junction looking from Noosa Drive up along Sunshine Beach RoadAerial view of the beach along Noosa North Shore with Lake Cootharaba above, 1970Festival attendees, Festival of Waters, Pomona, 1 September 1979Flag riders, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, August 1972Olive Freeman and bride Shirley Freeman, 1954Ian Hayne and Marcia Hayne, opening ceremony, Fairytale Castle, Bli Bli, 31 March 1973Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 28 February 2002Scenic view, 18 January 1948Des Martin, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, January 1949Sugar cane ready for delivery, Traveston Railway Station, Traveston, 1931Veterans, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Pomona Butter Factory,  Pomona, ca 1911Entrance to Lake Cootharaba, Noosa River,  1947 Redevelopment, Golden Breed Surf Shop, 13 Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads, 27 February 2022Dignitaries, spectators and parade participants, Coronation Day celebrations, Pomona, 2 June 1953

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