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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, 1955Logging, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 20 June 2007Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards ceremony, Maryborough, 24 October 1973Sailors, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 5 May 2023Activities during a salvage attempt, Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 1973Competitor, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 14 March 2013Flooding, Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Construction, walkway, Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads, 1970sBeachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sRoy Kelley, Winner, Weyba Cup Stockhorse race, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, June 1972Tait Duke cottage moving to Earl Street, Wallace Park, Eumundi Road, Noosaville, 22 October 2015Picnickers, Kin KinSharing a brolly, rain event, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 25 February 2022Ladies, early morning stroll, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads Noosa River Ferry, Tewantin, ca 1980Noosa & District Pipe Band, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Waterskier, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1967Stuck on the rocks, Little Cove, Noosa Heads, April 1968Sunset, Noosa River, Noosaville, September 2021Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 23 April 2005Royal Mail Hotel with poincianas, TewantinSpeedboat Ben Hur,  Noosa River, Tewantin, 29 August 1991Noosa Shire Council meeting, Noosa Shire Chambers, Pomona, October 1972 Tom Young  (front left),  Daisy Parkyn (right) and Dick and Marian ParkynFlooding, Road crossing, Kin Kin, 5 March 2012King Neptune and attendees, Queen of the Waters Ball, Tewantin, 1962Jean Cookman, Launch of Emma Freeman's 'Hastings Street', Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, ca April 2005Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 19 March 2007March past, Alexandra Headland Surf Life Saving Club followed by Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1920sSaddle bronc rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Picnic Cove, Granite Bay, Noosa National Park, 1952View of Nambour, September 1972Kin Kin Kids, Christmas, Kin Kin, 1980sAerial view, Lake Cootharaba, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 29 December 2004The Vibe House, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Showjumping, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2022Council workers, Cooran-Kin Kin Road, ca 1920Competitors and crowds, The King of the Mountain, Pomona, 1980sRoslyn Vanderwolf and parents, Gazebo Room, Boolarong Motel, Alexandra Headlands, September 1973Remembering times gone by, Pam Grice, 'Burger Cottage', 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, ca 2004Linda Hofmann, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa HeadsTait's Royal Mail Hotel buggy with passengers, Cooroy Railway Station, Cooroy, 1900sPhyliss Burgess, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch, Tewantin, October 2015Taking on water, Sailboat, Noosa River, NoosavilleVintage car, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Log processing, North Coast Sawmills, Cooroy, 5 October 1979Snapping a vintage car, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds,  Peregian Beach,  September 1972Flooding, Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 27 February 2022Pelican Street, Tewantin

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