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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, 1955Members, Pomona Tennis Club, Pomona, 6 May 1911Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1949G.F. Ross, Joe Keyser and Edwin Hawtney, 1910 Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards ceremony, Maryborough, 24 October 1973Camera Views, Noosa Heads (fold out)Businesses, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 1990sMusic and movement, Hinterland Adventure Playground, Marara Street, Cooroy, 6 May 2022Trevor Seckington, Kin KinTewantin State School students, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018House/shop being dismantled due to  erosion, Noosa Spit,  The Woods, Noosa Heads, 1929'Celeste', Noosa River, NoosavilleJunior marching band, Festival of Waters parade, Noosaville, 25 August 1979Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 9 March 2005Employees, Kareewa Sawmill, Kareewa, ca 1911First electric train, Nambour, 17 November, 1979 Competitors, swim leg, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 1980sVeterans, family representatives and crowds, ANZAC Day Service, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 25 April 1985Teacher and students, observing sports Shield, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1970sBeachgoers, Hastings Street, Noosa HeadsChildren's colouring activities and entertainers 'Hairy Critters' preparing to perform, Aqueous Festival, Noosa Fair Shopping Centre, Noosa Heads, 1993ANZ Bank, corner Reserve Street and Memorial Avenue, Pomona, June 1973Swimming pool, Pine Trees Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, August 1974Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 April 2007Western settlers, Tewantin State School Fancy Dress Ball, Tewantin, 1967Veterans and vintage cars, ANZAC Day march, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 25 April 2025Sir Thomas Hiley and competitor (l-r), award presentation, Festivals of Waters, Tewantin, 26 August 1973Alderly Cottage, 15 Mitti Street, Little Cove, Noosa Heads, 1950 Sharing a brolly, rain event, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 25 February 2022Informal portrait, Mrs Ruth Adams, Pomona, ca 1970sBar cricket, 1980sInterior, Outrigger Gift Shop, Beachside, Hastings Street,  August 1973Kevin Freeman, Noosa River, ca 1948Protesters, Funeral for the Trees, Pomona, 24 October 1982Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads Entertainer, Village Inn Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1973Main Roads workers, Pomona, ca 1928Land Clearing, 11 October 1990Bridesmaid, Tewantin State School Fancy Dress Ball, Tewantin, 1967Bikini model posed beside Ford Escort, 1970Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973Donny Dunstan and Olive Patterson (on horse), Alan Dunstan, W. Fielding, Connie Moller and Dorothy Dunstan (l-r), Noosaville, October 1935Completed deck renovations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, June 2023Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 19 October 2005Skyhooks, Noosa Aussie Hop '83, Picnic Racetrack, Cooroy, 23 April 1983Laguna House, Hastings Street, Noosa HeadsMargaret Chinn, Cooroy, 1980s  Lieutenant Baguley and Captain Mal Just, ca 1940sElanda Point Wharf piles, Como, ca 1930sChaplin Bros fishing boats, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, ca 1958

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