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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, 1955Emma and Elissa Freeman, Boneham's Cottage, Noosa North Shore,,  23 January 1972Council worker with draft horseClown, Kin Kin Festival, Kin KinStill standing, brick wall, Mill Point Settlement site, Elanda Point, Como, 2001Family group, Kin KinFlower making, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Big waves, Noosa National Park, Sunshine Beach, ca 1980sFixed property contribution receipt, Gympie, 26 February 1943Festivities, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1990sCooroy Butter Factory, 11 Maple Street, CooroyFlooding, Martin's Tewantin Hotel, 1931Beulah Stanfield and Pam Grice (l-r), 'Lynnfield', 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 1988Fishing, Lake Weyba, NoosavilleAlan and Don Dunstan, Official opening, Wallace House, Noosaville, 8 June 1993Spectators and participants, 16 mile canoe race, Festival of waters, Boreen Point, 26 August 1972Miss Cootharaba, Noosa Show, 1966 Flooding, Noosa Waters Canal Estate Lock, Noosaville, 26 February 2022'Como', Noosa River, ca 1920-1930Keith Hindmarsh with Schnapper, Noosa Heads, 7 February 1949Sailing, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1970sFlotilla re-enactment, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Desley Wayne with works and Weyba art in background, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 1993Kite flying, Daniel Grice, Koel Street, Noosaville, 1988Queen of the Waters and King Neptune, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 1964Landed, campsite 13, Noosa River,  Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 10 December 2025Olive and Shirley Freeman, 22 Lawarra Street, Port Kembla, 31 March 1951Michelle Freeman, Noosa Heads, May 1958East West Airlines, Maroochy Airport, 19  December 1968Lieutenant Baguley and Captain Mal Just, ca 1940sEvent attendees, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads Where structures once stood, Johns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017Boreen Point Campground, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, 10 September 2025QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Members (l-r) Val Buchanan, Dorothy Price and Olive Donaldson, 90th Birthday Celebrations, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 20 April 2017George Alfred HayCompetitor, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 14 March 2013Dennis Lewis, Big Stubby, House of Bottles, Myles Street, Tewantin, 1972Celebrations, Kin KinAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 31 July 2007Goblin Pool, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1952School choir, Tewantin State School, TewantinWaiting in transition, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 1980sPieces produced at Raku workshop, Aqueous Festival finale, outside Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 1993Pupils, Pomona State School, Pomona, ca 1920-21Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1972Anglican Fellowship float, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Fishing party, Double Island Point, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, ca 1945Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, ca May 1973Cooroy Butter Factory, 11 Maple Street, Cooroy, ca 1940sOfficial opening, Wallace House, Noosaville, 8 June 1993

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