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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, 1955Board riders, first Noosa Board Championships, Sunshine Beach, 7-8 September 1968ANZAC  Day march, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 25 April 1973Board riders, Tea Tree Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1960sClass photo, Grade 1, Pomona Rural School, Pomona, 1950Captain Alexander Goodall and sister Cassandra, Noosaville, ca 1950sJohn Herbert, Official opening, Andrew Fisher Historic House, Gympie, 20 January 1973Smelling the roses, Tewantin, 1967Shed, 29 - 35 (left side of block) Boreen Parade, Boreen Point, 8 September 1992Philip Riley, Noosa River, Tewantin, early 1970sFamily group, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin, 1930sCrowds and sailing competitors, Festival of Waters, Noosaville, 11 October 1959Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 4 January 2007Fishing boats, 'Restdown' landing, Lake CooroibahFancy dress party, Martins Hall, Tewantin, 1937 Aerial view, flooding, Tewantin and Sheep Island, August 1973Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall, 6 Reserve Street, Pomona, ca 1926Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 21 February 2008Competitor and spectators, footrace, Festival of Waters, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 2 September 1972Guests, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa HeadsMaison la Plage Grove and fig tree, Noosa Main Beach boardwalk, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Tony Kishawi (wearing mask) performing with 'The Deadly Serious Theatre Troupe', Nambour Show Grounds, Nambour, 1980sRelic, Elanda Sawmill, Elanda Point, Como, 1980sSailing, Noosa River, May Carnival, Noosaville, 1971Fishermen with shovelnose shark, Tewantin, February 1932Church gathering, Tewantin Methodist Church, Poinciana Avenue, TewantinCalf roping, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, 10 June 1969Relic amongst the roots, Mill Point Settlement, Elanda Point, Como, ca 1980sFootball players, Kin Kin, 1980sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 26 April 2005Diners boarding the Laguna Belle floating restaurant, Noosaville, 1980sSt Patrick's Catholic Church and St Patrick's School, Church St Pomona, ca 1950sFlooding, Gympie Terrace, Eumundi Road and Hilton Terrace roundabout, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Competitors, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Sugar cane, Maroochy River, Bli BliClub House, Kabi Organic Golf Course, 59 Kabi Road, Boreen Point, ca 2001Kevin Freeman, 'Noosa Vale', Noosa Heads, 9 December 1947Railway station yard crane and buildings, Eumundi, 1980sAir Pageant, Maroochy Airport, Marcoola, 3 September 1972Speeches, Opening, 'What's up Sunshine?' exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 15 June 2017Participants, Children's Fancy Dress Ball, Pomona, 1951Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club under construction, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca March 1994Bar, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, NoosavilleAerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 17 May 2007Keith YoungFlooding, Straker Park from Edward Street, Cooran, 25 February 2022Miss Tewantin winner, Festival of Waters, Noosaville Holiday makers, Jaspers Café, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sView down to Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1954

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