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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, 1955Weyba Creek, Noosa HeadsAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 November 2006Family boating trip, Noosa River, ca 1980sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 7 August 2007Holiday makers, Noosa River foreshore, Noosaville, 1972 Rosie Hall and Dusty (horse) apple bobbing, gymkhana, Kin Kin, ca 1980sPeter Drouyn, Sunshine Beach, ca 1969Parkyn's jetty, Noosa River, Tewantin Student of the year, QUOTA Club, 1978Vienna Bazzo and friend, ca 1930sHoneymooners, Joe and Ruby Battaglia, Tewantin, 1943Interior, Official opening, Wallace House, Noosaville, 8 June 1993Noosa Sea Scouts, 125 years Anniversary parade participants, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 2000Pandanus palm and beach following Cyclone Daisy, Sunshine Beach, February 1972Waterskiing, Noosa River, Tewantin, 29 August 1971Development, Noosa Springs Estate and Golf Course, Noosa Heads, ca 1992Queensland Boating and Fisheries truck, Festival of Waters Parade, Noosaville, 25 August 1979Canal views, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sMolly Leggett, Kin KinEarthworks, 1 November 1990 Mud crab, 1970sLocal flora, rhododendron, ca 1970sJoe's Waterhole, Eumundi Hotel, Eumundi, 2000New Year's Eve, celebrations, 31 December 1969Railway Hotel, Factory Street, Pomona, ca 1910sBullock Teams, Memorial Drive, Eumundi, ca 1910Exhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyNoosa Yacht and Rowing Club under construction, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1993 - March 1994Pillow fight, Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 26 August 1973Fishing, Noosa River, Noosa Spit, Noosa Heads, 28 June 2025Duke of Edinburgh and Jocelyn Edwards, Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards ceremony, Maryborough, 24 October 1973Brett Grice, Koel Street, Noosaville, 1988Views north over Noosa River, Hastings Street and Laguna Bay from lookout, Noosa HeadsDaytrippers, Honeymoon Cottage, Noosa Hill, Noosa Heads, 1947Kinaba Information Centre, Cooloola Recreation Area, Lake Cootharaba, 2 October 2020Ladies barrel race, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, 10 June 1972Olive Freeman, Stanthorpe, September 1926Paradise Cave, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1930sANZAC  Day march, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 25 April 2025Trish KeartonDrone view, Noosa River, Noosaville, 30 May 2018Monks Bridge, Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 17 September 2022Holidaymakers, Munna Point, Noosaville, 14 December 1939Activities during a salvage attempt, Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 1973Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, March 1973Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 31 December 1972Horse rider, ca 1920sSurf Life Saving Competition, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1962-63Iris Taylor, Coast Guard Noosa QF5, Noosaville, 1 July 2002

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