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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, 1955Lew McLeod, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Rear view, Pomona State Rural School, Pomona, 19 June 1943Keyser Island at dawn, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1988 Cherryn Lomas, Anita David and Kelsey Giarola, Andrew Sisters Tribute Show, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Koala at 'Palmgrove', February 1970Clare Stewart, Mayor, Noosa Shire Council, Official Opening, Hinterland Adventure Playground, Marara Street, Cooroy, 6 May 2022Dwelling interior, 37 Moorindil Street, Tewantin, 9 December 2013Timber Cutters Seat, 22 Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Sandpatch, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National ParkLaunch of Heritage Noosa, Pirate Park, Noosaville, 19 May 2021Joyce Farlow, Judy Fitzpatrick, Mary Warrall and Marcia Dorricott (l-r), QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 1 March 1994Young diners, Motorkana Dinner-dance, Surfair International Hotel, Marcoola, September 1972Tea Tree Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Relocation, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 24 August 2009Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 8 April 2008Flotilla re-enactment participant, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Grid girls, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, July 1973Kevin Freeman, construction site, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, April 1957Miss Cooroy, Noosa Show, 1966 Marcia Dorricott, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Secretary, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Hall, Tewantin, 26 July 2013Club House, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Club, Tewantin, 1960 River entrance, Tronson's Drain, Noosa River, Cooroibah, 2 October 2020Caravan park and camping area upstream from Doonella Bridge, Tewantin, 1950 Reg Jones, shed construction, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1970sMichelle Freeman, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 20 May 1958Competitor, Noosa Heads Surfboard Open, Sunshine Beach, September 1969Doggy Beach, Noosa Heads, 28 June 2025Spectators, re-enactment Peace Flotilla, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Rural views to Mt Tinbeerwah, CooroyAhoy, Me Hearties, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1990sKirriwina Motel and Caravan Park, Noosaville, ca 1970Linda Sivyer and Olive Donaldson, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Pomona Memorial School of Arts, Pomona, 7 September 2017William and Beatrice Hooper, Tewantin, ca 1943Tai Chi class, Doonan, ca 1982-88 Maypole dancers, Pomona State School fete, Pomona, ca 1950sDaytrippers, Paradise Cave, Noosa National Park,1903Esme Tait and Micky Monsour  (l-r), Tewantin, 2009Construction, Baptist Church Manse, 23 Koel Street, Noosaville, March 1981Vintage cars, Lakes Motel, Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 1966Coloured Sands tour, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, ca 1990sVic Collins, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Dennis Lewis, First Point, Noosa Heads, 1971-72Dwellings, Noosa River, Tewantin, August 1971Views from Johns Family home, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sFlooding, Pender Creek Road, Kin Kin, 8 January 2011Double Noosa River Bars, Noosa Heads, 8 August 2007Reflections, Noosa Everglades, Noosa River, Cooloola, 6 May 2007Rivergoers, Noosa River, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1939Participants, Peace Parade, Factory Street, Pomona, ca 1945

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