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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, 1955Weather board house under construction Construction, Sunny Snaps Studios, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 10 May 1957Air Pageant, Maroochy Airport, Marcoola, 3 September 1972Aerial view, Rainbow Beach, 23 October 2007Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 10 February 2005'Burger Cottage', 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 25 September 2015Beachgoers looking at dead Tiger shark, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1971Swimming pool, Pine Trees Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, August 1974Spectators, Speed Boat races, Tewantin Memorial Park, ca 1950sLand clearing, 12 October 1990Businesses, Station Street, Pomona, ca 1980T-shirt, Sunny Girls, 1980sParade, Cobb & Co re-enactment, Queensland Centenary Celebrations, Factory Street, Pomona, 1959Typical 33kV line construction, Tewantin, ca 1977Ceremony, Australian Day celebrations, Coast Guard Noosa QF5, Noosaville, 27 January 2003Park Road, Noosa Heads, 1947 Noosa River, Tewantin, 5 May 1988Jan BrownJannett, Heritage Pontoon, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, January 2026Aerial view, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sTony Wellington, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017Pro-shop, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Club, Tewantin, ca 1990sPossibly Dolly Jensen, Tewantin, February 1935Joe Dodd, How-to-Vote Card, local government election, Noosa Council, Tewantin, 27 March 1994Bill Massoud getting a push,  Noosa North Shore, 2 November 1951Diners, Gallery Bistro, Opening of Noosa River Shopping Centre, cnr Thomas Street & Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, August 1970O Boat Hire and Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace,  Noosaville, 1990sAfter storm repairs, Country Life Hotel, Kin Kin, 1985Boating party, Noosa River, 1948Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, mid 1970sAerial view, coastal lands, ca 1970s'Nationals', Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1975-76Participants, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Construction, Monks Bridge, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 2005Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 7 October 2006Architectural plans, Pomona State School and Residence, 1908Surfboard factory, October 2021Flooding, Ernest Street and Hilton Esplanade, Tewantin, 26 February 2022Aerial view, Alexandria Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sDwellings, Alf Francis farm 'Lone Pine,'  Moran Group Settlement, Kin KinAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 March 2006Sand mining operation, Noosa North Shore, 28 April 1976Dwelling, 143 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, ca 1996Attendees, Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 17 December 2005Vic Collins pontoon boat, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sNoosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsDenis 'Wombat' Walrave and John Glasgow, Noosaville, ca 1980sHarry Spring's Hut, Harry Hut Road, Como, 10 September 2025

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