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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, 1955Bathing pool, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1930 Guests, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa HeadsParticipants, Children's Fancy Dress Ball, Tewantin, 1951Sketch, holding cell block, Tewantin Police Station, TewantinAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 31 July 2007Aerobatic display, Air Pageant, Maroochy Airport, Marcoola, 3 September 1972Reg Johns surfboard, Johns Family home, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sContestants, Talent Quest, Mardi Gras, Festival of Waters, Noosaville Lions Park, Noosaville, 1 September 1973Hell's Gates, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Pamphlet, Noosa Haven Motor Inn, 119 Noosa Parade, NoosavilleHarry Spring, 8 June 1995Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 November 1946Arthur Ronlund in Queensland Police uniform, ca 1920sMargaret Chinn, Cooroy, 1980s  Aerial views, LakesTait's Jetty, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1970s'Miss Laguna', Noosa Heads, 1 February 1949Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 10 February 2005Coastal scene, Noosa Heads,  1947 Jan Laidlaw, Isobel Lawes and Judy Fitzpatrick (l-r), QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 1 March 1994The Big Shell, Gympie Street, Tewantin Nambour Marching Girls, Mardi Gras, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 2 September 1972Dining room, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa HeadsJeffs Family holiday hut, Cooloola, August 1971Fishing, Lake Weyba, NoosavilleBill Wallace and Ken Lucas (l-r), '16ft 'Toothpick' surfboards, ca 1990sRenewal, Doonella Bridge, Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 1 September 2026Noosa National Park map, 1949 Flooding, 111 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Portrait, James NashAerial view, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1970s'Bullocky Biil the Soldier', Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015Pony club riding in surf, June 1977Shoreline, high tide, Noosa North Shore, 28 April 1976Whale views, Noosa National Park, Sunshine Beach, 6 August 2026Bus shelter, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1990sSailing, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970sProperty Cnr Lake Weyba Drive and Weyba Road, Noosaville, ca 1958Staff and interior, Ely's Store, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1948Noosa Sound development and mouth of Noosa River, 1976 Fenwick family members, Cooroy Creek, Cooroy, 1928 Children's picnic, Noosaville Library, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 17 August 1996Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads,  1947 Dancing Ballerina and Clown, Kin Kin Festival, fancy dress ball, Kin Kin Hall, Kin Kin, 1980sLaunch of Heritage Noosa, Pirate Park, Noosaville, 19 May 2021Hourn Family, Dining Room, Noosa Beach Guest House, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, January 1970Pam Grice, Noosa Marina, Tewantin, 1990sBeach tours, ca 1956Aerial view, Teewah Airstrip, Noosa North Shore, 16 October 2007

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