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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, 1955Diners, opening, Village Inn Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca March 1972Doonella Bridge and Tewantin Marina, 2 Parkyn Court, Noosaville, 1 June 2018Receipt, Tatnell & Graham, Live Stock Salesmen, Gympie, 15 June 1949The Boathouse, Tewantin, Queensland Elissa Freeman with rusted anchor, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 13 April 1969Vic Collins, Noosa River, ca 2000Pelican, Noosa River90th birthday celebrations, Emma Tait, Tewantin, 30 August 1976Flotilla re-enactment, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Tom Ross5th Light Horse Regiment, Gympie Troop, Light Horse Display, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Noosa Ski Club members, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 2 September 1979Drone view, Noosa River, Noosaville, 30 May 2018Retirement gift clock plaque, William Hooper, 2025Birthday celebrations, Cooroy, May 1973New Year's Eve party, Kirriwina Motel and Caravan Park, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 31 December 1969Share farmer's house, 1911Aerial View, Caravan Park, Sunrise Beach, 27 November 1970Aerial view, Noosa Sound development, Noosa Heads, 18 December 1973Lady Fairfax and the Duke of Bedford, Surfair International Hotel, Marcoola, October 1971Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot, Festival of Waters, Lions Park, Noosaville, 26 August 1979Daytrippers, Noosa River, Noosa HeadsCompetitor, Noosa Heads Surfboard Open, Sunshine Beach, September 1969Sunshine Coast Lady bowlers, 1980sMural, interior, Cooroora Masonic Temple, 9 Station Street, Pomona, 1948Mt Cooroy, Tewantin National Park, TinbeerwahAerial view, Rainbow Beach, 23 October 2007Construction, interior Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010	Gathering, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch, Tewantin, 20 April 2023'Columbus Line' surfboat launch, Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1978Emma and Peter Freeman, Noosa Heads, 1952Aerial view, Noosa Hinterland, 10 September 2003Congregation, St. Lukes Church of England, Kin Kin, 19 November 1926Construction, Monks Bridge, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 2004Trophy Presentation Night, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 4 June 1988Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 22 September 1973Flooding, Pirate Park, Noosa River, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Richard Hansen, Master of Ceremonies (left) , interview with Andy Fermo, returned serviceman, Afghanistan, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018G. Kerridge fruit & vegetables exhibit, Noosa Show, Pomona Showgrounds, Pomona, 1964Signage, Boreen Point, 10 September 2025Badminton players, Cooroy Badminton Club, 26 Emerald Street, Cooroy, 1984Water-skier, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1967Donny Dunstan Snr, Donny Dunstan Jnr,  Pam Faulkner and Alan Dunstan (l-r), Tewantin, mid 1950sAerial view Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, ca 1987-88Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 25 September 2007Bareback bronc rider, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, 10 June 1965Enjoying the tour, Pam Grice, Noosa River, 1980sCompetitor, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 14 March 2013Businesses, Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, 28 January 1987

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