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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, 1955Staghorns and hoya vine in Jacaranda Tree, 'Restdown', Lake Cooroibah, 1952Noosa Ski Club members, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 2 September 1979Arthur Wallace, produce crate stencil, Noosaville, ca 1950sGeorge Pearce, Sir Thomas Hiley and competitors (l-r), award presentation, Festivals of Waters, Tewantin, 26 August 1973Flooding, Parkyn Brothers Boat Hire and Bait Bar, Tewantin, February 1966Anna and Charlie Piggott, Kin Kin, ca 1980sAerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 17 May 2007Portrait, William Henry Hooper Snr, William Henry Hooper and William Hooper  (l-r), ca 1921Horse grooming, Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, 1980sFruit & vegetables exhibit, Noosa Show, Pomona Showgrounds, Pomona, 1947Township, Kin Kin, 1931Flooding, Doonella Bridge, Tewantin, 1992Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 6 June 2008Sailing Boat, Noosa River Sandfly fogging, Weyba Creek, Noosa Heads, 1970sD. Martin Tewantin Hotel, Tewantin, ca 1912Kevin  Freeman, Emma Freeman, Richard Rehbein (l-r) with Gloria Rehbein (seated), 'Driftwood', 6 Morwong Drive, Noosa Heads, 2 February 1989Participants, Coronation Day Parade, Gooloi Street, Tewantin, June 1953Aerial view, Sunshine Beach, February 1981Holiday drop off zone, Noosa Main Beach carpark, Noosa Heads, 20 December 2025Class Photo, Grade 5O, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1989Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 1 November 2004Float, Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Gala Procession, Festival of Waters, Tewantin,  26 August 1973Bill Griffiths, Gala Procession, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 25 August 1973Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Commemorative stone, Lions Park, Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads, 26 October 2024Shane Christensen, wood sculptor and carver, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2022Unexploded ordnance, Sunshine Beach, November 1971Aboriginal Canoe Tree, Lake Cooroibah Road, Cooroibah, April 1977Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 2005-2006Eric Warry, George Beal and Charlie Gosley, CooroySandy Bolton MP (centre) and Rotary Club members, sausage sizzle, Hinterland Adventure Playground, Marara Street, Cooroy, 6 May 2022Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 28 March 2002Spectators, Speed Boat races, Tewantin Memorial Park, ca 1950sCar racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, December 1973Second year, Noosa Botanic Gardens, Lake Macdonald, 1991Johns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017Veterans, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Dwelling interior, 37 Moorindil Street, Tewantin, 9 December 2013Class Photo, Grade 1A, Cooroy Sate School, Cooroy, 24 November 1971Green Gables Café, Sunshine Beach, 1951Garden activities, Pederson family home, Boreen Point, 3 July 1929Noosa River Mouth and The Woods, Noosa Heads, 1972Esme Tait at Tait-Duke Community Cottage after relocation from Poinciana Avenue to Wallace Park, Tewantin, ca 2015Fishing boats, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 1990sLaying foundations, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Boreen Parade, Boreen Point, ca 1960Eroded shoreline, Noosa HeadsNoosa Pacific under construction, Noosa Sound, 1988 Model Marcia Dorricott, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch, Tewantin, 28 January 2011

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