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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, 1955Gregg Dreise, Noosa Libraries mobile library launch and 50th birthday celebrations, Joe Bazzo Park, Reserve Street, Pomona, 10 June 2023Land clearing, Noosa River, 2 August 1995Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sClass photo, Prep 4, Pomona Rural School, Pomona, 1951Noosa District Hospital Annual General Meeting, 1980sGoing for the record, large beans, 1978Period float, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Receipt for surfboard purchase, Bill Wallace Longboards, Noosaville, 19 February 1999Dwelling, 28 Tewantin Road, Cooroy, ca 1940sVienna Bazzo (on left) and Archibald Craven, Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1930sAerial view, Teewah Beach community, Noosa North Shore, 1970Portrait, Mr. David Bull, Tewantin, 1943Wallace House, Noosaville, 1990 Pomona, ca 1950sBuilding foundations, French Quarter, Noosa Heads, 1990sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 February 2007Class Photo, Grade 3, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1948Carport, Pine Trees Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, August 1974Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 31 July 2007Rain delay, paving, 24 Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Stormy weather, big seas, surfing and swimmers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1996Function venue servery, ca 1980sDancer, Tewantin State School Fancy Dress Ball, Tewantin, 1967'Miss Tewantin', Noosa River, 1947 Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 26 April 2005Climbing highExhibit, Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015National Parks and Wildlife Service Ranger House, 29 School Street, Pomona, 15 May 2020Compare and organisers, International Year of Peace Fashion Parade, 1986Noosa River views, Weyba Road, Noosaville, ca 1920sBusinesses, Pelican Street, Tewantin, February 1982Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, May 1974Santa, Tewantin State School Fancy Dress Ball, Tewantin, 1967Cloudy river views, Noosaville, ca 1990sDwelling. 'Isabella', Boreen Point, 8 September 1992Greens Christening day celebrations, Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads, 24 December 1969Panorama, Reserve and Station Streets, Pomona, 31 May 2018Reg Johns with 2 of his boards, Johns Family home, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads, 16 October 2007Sack race particpants, Sports Carnival, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1950Tony Wellington, Mayor, Noosa Shire Council,  Kerri Contini, Manager Libraries & Galleries, Noosa Shire Council, and Benjamin Patri, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Ross and Betty ClementCompetitors, swim leg, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 1980sFirst aeroplane, Noosa Air, Noosa Aerodrome, Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 4 March 1976Rear, Queensland Country Women's Association, Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, 123 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 1995Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen examines model of Noosa Sound Development, 18 December 1973 Entrance to Lake Como, Upper Noosa River, Lake Cootharaba, 2013Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003Dwellings, Noosa River, Noosaville,1998

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