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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, 1955Boating, Jeffs Family, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970sTait's Royal Mail Hotel buggy, Old Cooroy-Tewantin Road, 1900sFunction, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 24 June 2023Martha Hay portraitBundaberg Ambulance Brigade, Maryborough Street, Bundaberg, ca 1913Terry Jones, Helen Jones and Mick Jones, Pomona, ca 1950sAerial view, Cootharaba, 25 May 2005Interior, dwelling, 26 Diyan Street, Tewantin, ca 1940sMembers, Noosa & District Pipe Band, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Equestrian competitors, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2022Fishing boats and Pelicans, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 1990sCampsite, Brahminy walking trail, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 14 June  2025Noosa Riverlodge MotelGuests, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa HeadsCar racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973Patriotic cake, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Women's AuxiliaryRob JeffsStreet scene, Memorial Avenue to Reserve Street, Pomona, ca 1919Armitage Family, PomonaEmergency Services at work, Koel Street Noosaville, ca 1990sCyclist, track cycling race, Cooroy,1961Beachgoers, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1941Tewantin viewed from across Noosa River, 1937 Noosa Shire Council Mobile Library, 29 March 1992 Views, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, NoosavilleAerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 1 March 2004Young girls, Pomona Show, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, September 1951Flotilla re-enactment participants, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Storm surf, First Point, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 2000sNorma Horton, Noosa River crossing, Noosa North ShorePrawn trawlers, Johns Landing, Noosa River, Cooroibah, 1988 Standard seat, Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Kinaba Information Centre, Upper Noosa River, Lake Cootharaba, 2013Competitors, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Class Photo, Grade 2, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1953Ron Broughton's (Yum Yum) Buggy, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2021The Vibe House and Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Smoking ceremony, Kabi Kabi Commitment signing, Noosa Council Chambers, Tewantin, 19 September 2024Restored horse sulkyCamping grounds, Munna Point, Noosaville Mobile Library, Noosa Library Service, Boreen Point, 9 June 2023Friends celebrating in the park, ca 1950Smoking ceremony, Kabi Kabi Commitment signing, Noosa Council Chambers, 19 September 2024Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Pomona, 11 November 2018Grocer Van parked beside Fig Tree, TewantinCommunity swing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, November 1939Rusting relics, Cherry Venture shipwreck, Teewah Beach, 18 May 2018Olive Freeman, 'Noosa Vale', Noosa HeadsMaroochydore, ca 1950s

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