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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, 1955Flood, Noosaville, ca 1960sTree clearing, Noosa River, 9 February 1995Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973Boating, Noosa River Mouth, Noosa Heads, ca 1991Mandalay Units, 7 Hilton Esplanade, Tewantin, 22 November 2017Linda Hofmann (centre), Pony club Gymkhana, July 1973Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 9 March 2005Unknown, Robyn Shillington and Marcia Dorricott, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch members, Tewantin, ca 2020sMark Jeffs (holding sign), Mary River Road, Kandanga, 1973Community talk, WWII Soldiers and Pomona Cub group, Pomona, ca 1940sLocal flora, chinese wisteria, ca 1970sGooloi Street, Tewantin Construction, Doonella Bridge, Tewantin, 1969Pipe band, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 10 December 2018Competitor, Ladies barrel race, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, ca 1980sBeachgoers, Tea Tree Bay, Noosa Heads, ca 1910 Holiday homes, Teewah, Noosa North Shore, ca 1980sSailing boats, Lake Cootharaba, 1951Delce Poole and Emma FreemanBoating, Noosa River, TewantinSurf Rescue boat exhibition, Festival of Waters, Laguna Bay, Noosa Head, 26 August 1972Carl, Michelle, Elissa (l-r) and Emma (standing) Freeman, cleaning their catch, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 11 May 1973Portrait, Mrs A Argent and children, TewantinDwelling, Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 13 February 2017St Patrick's Catholic Church, 1 Church Street, PomonaCowboys and cattle, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Noosa Hill, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1952Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 July 2005Aerodrome, Tewantin, September 1962Railway Hotel, Factory Street, Pomona, ca 1912Car wreck, Little Cove, Noosa Heads, 1968View from Noosa Hill, Noosa Sound development, December 1972 Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 8 April 2008Swimming pool, Pine Trees Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, August 1974'Adonis', Tewantin, 1883Back to Tewantin, Tewantin State School Reunion, 1984 Cooroy district, ca 1950sPrincess Mary exhibit, Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015Log processing, North Coast Sawmills, Cooroy, 5 October 1979Brooloo Bluff, Kenilworth, February 1976Pre-development, Riveredge Estate, Tewantin, October 1974Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003June Colley and Esme Tait, 2011Noosa Surfing Dog Championships, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 10 March 2013Maypole dancers, Pomona State School fete, Pomona, ca 1950sNoosa Fire Brigade Car 1, fire hose testing, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1971 Noel Playford (standing), Marion Dunstan (facing camera) and guests, Wallace Park Precinct 21st Birthday Celebrations, Noosaville Library, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 4 December 2014Stockman, Hope Vale Mission, 18 July 1969Rod Taylor, State Secondary School Championships, Albert Park, Gympie, ca 1950s

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