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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, 1955Climbing highHayden spoon, October 2021Delivery, 'Bunya' Sculpture, Mill Place Community Precinct, Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010Noosa Board Riders (North Sunshine), Boiling Pot, 3 March 2008Adrianne Rowlingson, South East Queensland Darts Championship heats, Royal Mail Hotel, 28 November 1971How much have they grown, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, ca 1970sGirl Guides, 1980sOfficial Opening, Peregian Roadhouse, Heron Street, Peregian Beach, 2 June 1962Bull rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Elizabeth Steels, Performance, Majestic Theatre, Pomona, 1980sAerial View, Caravan Park, Sunrise Beach, 27 November 1970Daytrippers, Morrison family, Pomona, ca 1940sWilliam Rookwood, Pomona, ca 1918Dwelling interior, 37 Moorindil Street, Tewantin, 9 December 2013Pinbarren Victory plot, Pinbarren School Reserve, Kin Kin Road, Pinbarren, 1941Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Class Photo, Grade 5, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1951Sprint car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, March 1973Audrey Lowe and Percy Smith, celebrating,  Noosa Heads, 1950sAttendee, Opening, 'What's up Sunshine?' exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 15 June 2017Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, ca November 1973Clarence (Ben) Ross, Tewantin, ca 1910Mr Moxey, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, January 1949Dining room, Attic Restaurant, Noosa Heads, 1970sWaterhole, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, ca 1990sLogging truck, Jarman Bros, Cooroy, ca 1930sClass photo, Grade 3, Pomona Rural School,  Pomona, 1954Tewantin, 22 July 1953 (fold out)Fete, carnival rides, 125 years Anniversary, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 2000Poinciana Avenue, TewantinLetter, Daisy Parkyn to Noosa Shire Council, undatedSwimwear, Women In The Waves, Sunshine CoastStorm damaged machinery, Kin Kin, 14 August 1971Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 March 2008Noosa Dredge, Hays Island, Noosa Heads, October 1972Dorothy BickleAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 March 2008Big waves, Noosa National Park, Sunshine Beach, ca 1980sAerial view, Sunshine Beach, February 1981Construction, Weyba Bridge, Noosa Heads, ca 1973Christian Jesberg, Minnie Elizabeth Jesberg (nee Jones) and family, Wondai, Noosaville, ca 1960sT. J. Holmes Noosa Store, Theatre Advertisement, ca 1950sTea break, Main Roads workers, Pomona, ca 1928Aerial View, development, Lorikeet Drive and surrounds, Peregian Beach, 27 November 1964House of Bottles, Myles Street, Tewantin, 1968 Hayden spoon, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, October 2021House, 1980Noosa River Ferry, Tewantin, ca 1980Class Photo, Grade 5/6B, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 24 November 1971

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