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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, 1955Informal portrait, extended Beal family, PomonaDelivery day, new Noosa Libraries mobile vehicle, Machinery Avenue, Warana, 27 July 2023Mental as Anything, Summer of '82 concert, Noosa AFL Ground, Noosaville, 9 January 1982Mrs M. A. Caplick and Mr R. A Caplick, Life Governor Award recipients, Noosa District Hospital Annual General Meeting, CWA Hall, Cooroy, 17 September 1973Fishing boats and Pelican, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 1990sBill Watson, Cooroy Library, 29 June 2019Queensland Country Women's Association members, Memorial School of Arts, Cooroy, ca 1930sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 December 2006Fishing boats and Pelican, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 1990sPeregian Beach Surf Lifesaving Club members, Peregian Beach, ca 1961Riding the waves, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1975-76Sunset, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1990sAerial view Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 2018Boating, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970sRusting relics, Cherry Venture shipwreck, Teewah Beach, 18 May 2018Holiday Inn, 51 Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sOlive Freeman, Laguna Bay, Noosa HeadsParticipants in period costume, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Sports ground, Mary River Road, Cooroy, ca 1990sMud crab, 1970sFisherman's Ferry, Tewantin, ca 1950Shoreline erosion, Sunshine Beach, ca 1970sStorm damage, fig tree, Tewantin, 30 December 1981Verandah, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads, September 1979Passport portrait, 1970sReady to sail, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1960sParry's Esso Service Centre, corner Elm Street and Tewantin Road, Cooroy, 1970sPole climbing, Kin KinLittle Cove, Noosa Heads, 1953Mr George Dan, Headmaster and students, Pomona State School, 1931Joe Bazzo Park and Memorial Rotunda, Reserve Street, PomonaAerial view, Noosa Heads, late 1980sNorma Gardman with daughter Glenise Clelland (baby), Noosa Main Beach, ca 1941Sergeant Hannah, Queensland Police Service, Tewantin, 1977Carl Freeman, Sunny Snaps Studio, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1957Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, September 2021Sunshine BeachBob Abbot (r) and guests, Australia Day celebrations, Coast Guard Noosa QF5, Noosa Heads, 27 January 2003Bill Wallace (far left) with Bill Wallace 'Toothpick' longboards, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sAccommodation and businesses, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Restoration underway, dinghy, Tewantin, ca 2015Mascot Wendolene Ramsbottom, examining a calliope, Noosa Marnia, Tewantin, 5 November 2011Aerial view, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sJohn McConnell's home, Skyring RoadSpeeches, Clubhouse opening day, Lake Cootharaba, 5 November 1961Flyer, August- September Shows, Majestic Theatre, Pomona, 1998 Cooroy Streetscape, Cooroy, 1996Post Office, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 1970sSwing time, Hinterland Adventure Playground, Marara Street, Cooroy, 6 May 2022

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