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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, 1955Sailing, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970sT-shirt, Noosa Malibu Club, Noosa HeadsSunset, Lake Cootharaba, Como, 6 May 2007'Le Mer' accommodation, 37 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 16 September 1985Santa visit, Tewantin Noosa Day Kindergarten, Tewantin, 1973Tewantin State School entry, inaugural 'Wimmers' drink can regatta, Noosa River, Tewantin, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 6 June 2008Restoration underway, dinghy, Tewantin, ca 2015Fashion parade, Mayfair Arcade, Tewantin, 1973Teewah Beach from Brahminy walking trail, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 14 June  2025Nancy Cato, passport photo, 1978 Veterans and vintage cars, ANZAC Day march, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 25 April 2025Aerial View, development, Lorikeet Drive and surrounds, Peregian Beach, ca 1980sCooroy Streetscape, Cooroy, 1996Views from Noosa Lookout, Noosa HeadsPete the Pelican, Festival of Waters, Noosaville, 1979Rescue boats, Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads, 28 March 2002Washed ashore, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sShane Christensen, wood sculptor and carver, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2022Big seas, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1988Site plan, Noosa Waters Estate, Noosaville, 1978Parade float, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 10 December 2018Aerial view, Lake Cootharaba, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 29 December 2004Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 10 September 2003Noosa Marina and old swimming enclosure piers, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1 June 2018Under construction, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Clubhouse, Boreen Point, September 1962Back to Tewantin, Tewantin State School reunion, Tewantin, 1984 South Beach, Noosa Heads Sunset over Mount Cooroy, ca 1972Roaring Cave, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1952Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 10 September 2007Sandy Bolton MP, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Kevin Clarey, Tewantin, ca 1970Evans Deakin tankers in transit, Elm Street, Cooroy, September 1973Tewantin, 22 July 1953 (fold out)John Bongertman and Corry Bongertman, Trimaran 'Diana', Noosa River Noosa Heads, July 1973Dwelling, 23 Koel Street, Noosaville, ca 1996Aerial view, coastal lands, ca 1970sNoosa Court Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1970sHell's Gates, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1948Jetty, Noosa River, NoosavilleBeachgoers, Noosa North Shore, ca 1990sPam Grice, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1995Bill Wallace with balsa wood surfboard, Noosaville, ca 1990sSailing, Noosa River, September 1962Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 31 December 1972Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1924Entrance Gates, Pomona Show Grounds, Pomona, 1955Lighthouse, Double Island Point, Cooloola

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