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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, 1955Ray Vandersteen, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1968Boarding 'Miss Tewantin' Noosaville, 1952Halse Lodge, Noosa Heads Café, 6 Memorial Avenue, PomonaNoosaville Realty, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 27 January 1992Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973View of Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1950sAerial View, Noosa River mouth, 27 November 1970Logging, ca 1970sBoating supplies shop interior, 1970sBoating party, Lake Cootharaba, ca 1980Sunset, Lake Cootharaba, Como, 6 May 2007Woodchop competitors, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2022Tea Tree Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Class Photo, Grade 7, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1949Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 30 May 2018Rear, Queensland Country Women's Association, Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, 123 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 1995First graded road down to Noosa Heads Program, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 15 October 1989Jean Dunstan, Tewantin, ca 1940sCar racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, ca November 1973Flora, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Santa visit, Tewantin Noosa Day Kindergarten, Tewantin, 1973Frank Pardon, ca 2014Messages from the past, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Aerial view, Noosa Heads, 1980sWoman holding sea snake, October 1972Tait's Royal Mail Hotel buggy, ca 1900sCongratulatory telegram, Reunion, Tewantin State School, 1984  Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 31 July 2007Hillcrest Guest House, Noosa Heads, ca 1932James Bazzo's farm, Black Mountain, ca 1920sKaren Lee, Tewantin-Noosaville entrant, Princess Competition, Noosa District High School, Cooroy, September 1973Queensland Country Women's Association outside Memorial School of Arts and Hall, Cooroy, ca 1930sModel, promotional photos, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Tewantin, 21 May 1973Santa, Mayfair Arcade, Tewantin, December 1973Flooding, Hill Street., Pomona, possibly 1946 or 1947Pelicans, Noosa River, Noosaville, September 2021Informal  portrait, Ed Cash, Frank Cash, Harry Robb, Tom Cash and Ivy Robb, Skyring Creek, ca 1926Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 21 January 2003Showgoers, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 1928Shoreline, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsGiant grouper, Noosa River, Tewantin, November 1935Fairy Pools, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1940sEntrance, Upper Noosa River, Como, 9 December 2025Jim Lowe, Noosaville, 1950sConstruction, Noosa Heads, 21 March 1990Portrait, William (Bill) Armitage, Pomona, ca 1920Everglades Noosa River Tours, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1990s

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