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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, 1955George Corkill and Julia Carter getting ready to run the bar, Aqueous Festival tent, outside Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 1993Claudia Moon, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1980sErnie Emu and Wallaby, Waikerie Fauna Reserve, TewantinSailing, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1960sCongratulations, Speedboat Racing Competitors, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1966Portrait, Mr. Thomas Bull, Tewantin, ca 1870sPast and present Noosa Libraries staff, Mobile library vehicle launch and Noosa Libraries 50th birthday celebrations, Joe Bazzo Park, Reserve Street, Pomona, 10 June 2023Horsemanship, Cooroy Show, Cooroy Showgrounds, Mary River Road, Cooroy, 1950sKevin Clarey, ca 1943Views to Mt Cooroy, ca 1960sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 4 January 2007Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 19 June 2007Members of the Larard family preparing for a drive in their motor car, Cooroy Amphitheatre, Noosa Botanic Gardens, Lake Macdonald, 1990sRelocation, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 24 August 2009Guests, Motorkana Dinner-dance, Surfair International Hotel, Marcoola, September 1972Flotilla, Australia Day Celebrations, Noosa River, Noosaville, 26 January 2003Aerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 1970sGrade 8B Class Photo, Pomona State School, Pomona, September 1971Gympie Primary School float, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Miller Family dwelling, 'Heatherbelle', Kin Kin, ca 1910Noosa Arts Senior Youth Theatre performing The Wiz, Aqueous Festival, Noosa Fair Shopping Centre, Noosa Heads, 1993Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 30 May 2018Lions Speedboat Day, 1970Construction, Peregian Roadhouse, Heron Street, Peregian Beach, ca 1960Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sBusinesses, round-a-bout, Noosa Drive and Sunsine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, 6 March 1990Noosa & District Pipe Band, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018David Low MLA (Member for Cooroora), Pomona State School 75th Jubilee Anniversary celebrations, Pomona, 28 October 1972Sailing, Noosa River, NoosavilleNoosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1920sCherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 1973Mowing house lots, Noosa Water, Noosaville, 1990sTree transplantation, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sColin Monks, Tewantin, 17 January 1996Flotilla re-enactment, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Bullock team hauling logs, Doonella Street, Tewantin, 1935 Boiling Pot, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Aerial view, Sunshine Beach, February 1981'Queenslander,' Noosaville, ca 2002 - 2003Wood family, 19 Pine Street, Pomona, ca 1950sNoosa Botanic Gardens, Lake Macdonald, 1990sPresident Leigh McCready and Marcia Dorricott, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 20 April 2023Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sInundated vehicle, flooding, Harbour Town, Tewantin, 1994Fete, carnival rides, 125 years Anniversary, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 2000Monks Bridge construction, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 2004David Low MLA with Neil Macdonald and others, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 5 March 1971Ladies barrel race, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, 10 June 1972

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