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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, 1955Dividend notice, Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Association Ltd., Gympie, 13 November 1950Air Raid Warden's CertificateScene on Noosa River,  1947 Boating Party, 'Miss Laguna II', Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 16 October 1950Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 December 2007HunterPelicans, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca November 1972Piper, Noosa & District Pipe Band, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Emergency Services at work, Koel Street Noosaville, ca 1990sFlooding, Ocean Breeze Resort, 52 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 2 April 1989Rosie Hall, Majestic Theatre, Pomona, 1980sNoosa Surfing Dog Championships, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 10 March 2013Ellen Caroline Rains, ca late 1800sColoured Sands, Noosa North Shore, 1970sInvoice and receipt, Rankins Pty Ltd, Gympie, 18 November 1950Views of Lions Park and development, Noosa Heads, 9 February 1989Library membership campaign, Melissa Tong and Tracey King (Library Staff l-r), Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 16 April 2010Harry Spring's Hut, Harry Hut Road, Como, 2 October 2020Participating boats, Noosa Classic Boat Regatta, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 5 November 2011Noosa Marina, Tewantin, 1990sGlenda Rush, Festival Queen entrant, Festival of Waters Ball, Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, 1 September 1979 Coast Guard Noosa QF5 boats, Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 27 January 2004Aerial view, Sunshine Beach, 13 April 1981Slab work, Baptist Church Manse, 23 Koel Street, Noosaville, March 1981Double Island Point, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, ca 1990sStaghorns and hoya vine in Jacaranda Tree, 'Restdown', Lake Cooroibah, 1952Holzapel family, Kandanga, September 1972Fiona, Mark, Daphne Jeffs and LuLu (dog) (l-r), Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, October 1973Artwork, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads Fishing party, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa HeadsWhere structures once stood, Johns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017Boy in reeds, Noosa River, March 1936Flypast, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Jessie, Walter, Illma and Hepsie Tronson, Sydney, 1939Bill and Kevin Clarey with catch, Noosa River, March 1970Beach adventures, Massoud Family, Noosa North Shore, ca 1950sDwellings, 23 and 21 Koel Street, Noosaville, 1990sShirley, Kevin and Betty Freeman,  'Noosa Vale', Noosa HeadsFire aftermath, Reserve Street, Pomona, August 1942Class Photo, Grade 2, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1950Dwelling, Boreen Point, 8 September 1992Shoreline, high tide, Noosa North Shore, 28 April 1976Charles Tait at 2 years of age, ca 1884Councillors and staff, Noosa Shire Council Chambers, Factory Street, Pomona, ca 1910Aerial view, Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 7 July 1973Campgrounds, Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, ca 1990sCherry Venture, Teewah Beach, ca 1990sMr Edgar WG Playford building Pomona Connection Rd with his horses and scoop, Kin KinDoonella Bridge, Tewantin

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