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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, 1955Spectator, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Class Photo, Year 7 Graduation Class,Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1991School concert,  Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, 1970sCar racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, March 1973Flower making, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Richard Hansen, Master of Ceremonies (left) , interview with Andy Fermo, returned serviceman, Afghanistan, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Units, Cnr Memorial Drive and Doonella Street, Tewantin, 2004 Polly Greber and Betty Freeman, Noosa HeadsBeachgoers watching shark being pulled out of water, Noosaville, 1971 Aerial view, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sShirley Freeman Shirley Freeman, 1954Police demonstration, on shore festivities, Open Day, Coast Guard Noosa QF5, Noosaville, 7 February 2002Sail Past, Grand Opening Celebrations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1 April 1994Participants, Fancy Dress Ball, Surf Queen, PomonaCompetitor, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 14 March 2013Working on a game plan, 1980sPromotional vehicle, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Noosa Drive-In, Noosaville,1969 Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 31 December 1972Competitor, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 14 March 2013June Colley, 80th birthday, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 2016Premier Mr. Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Official opening, Surfair International Hotel, Marcoola, 13 November 1971Military Portrait, Sgt. Norman Mackinnon, Pomona, ca 1919Bluey Kheeler, 90th birthday celebrations, 1978Boating party, Noosa River,  Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 19 July 2008Goblin Pool, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1952Competitor T-shirt, Festival of Surfing, Noosa Heads 2000Family outing, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, ca 1969Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 3 July 2007Stain glass window, St Luke's Anglican Church, Main Street, Kin Kin, 31 May 2018Kevin Freeman, Mt Tinbeerwah, Cooroy, 26 October 1948Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 31 July 2007'Miss Laguna II', First Point, Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 4 December 1949Wreath laying, ANZAC Day, 25 April 2025, TewantinAerial view, Kin Kin, 1980sJohns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017In need of repair, dinghy, Tewantin, ca 2015Coast Guard Noosa QF5 boats, Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 1 February 2003Veterans, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Bill Wallace in workshop, Bill Wallace Surfboards, ca 1990Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 1970s (fold out)Flooding, boat ramp, Noosa River, Tewantin, February 1992Pam MarryattAerial view, Castaways Beach, 1990sAvis Hannah and President Leigh McCready, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 20 April 2023Doggy Beach, Noosa Heads, 28 June 2025Aerial view, Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads, 10 September 2003Noosa Vietnam Veterans stall, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Flooding, 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 26 February 2022

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