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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, 1955Jim Nichols and Bill Nicholas, Bert Colley and his family, Federal election, 2 December 1974Trench Art, Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015Factory floor, Cooroy Butter Factory, 11 Maple Street, CooroyAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 19 October 2005Walk bridge, Seahorse Park, Noosa Waters, Noosaville,  24 February 1998Pipe Band, Festival of Waters, Noosaville, 1986Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club under construction, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1993 - March 1994Earthworks, 1 January 1985View to Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1970sDerelict building, main street, Cooktown, 19 July 1969Installation, 'Bunya' Sculpture, Mill Place Community Precinct, Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010Peter Freeman and Barry Dwyer (l-r), 'Pinevale' Bayview Road, Noosa Heads, Christmas 1954Tudor House, Noosa Heads'Visions of a Nomad' performing, Aqueous Festival finale, outside Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 14 June 1993Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 4 January 2007Tronson's Drain, Noosa River, Cooroibah, 2 October 2020Spectators and the Noosa & District Pipe Band, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018James Salter Shoreline, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1953Young borrowers, Noosaville Library, Wallace Park, Noosaville, ca mid-1990sDoonella Bridge, Tewantin, 1947 Mare and foal, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa HeadsBullock team, Lake Cootharaba, ca 1910Showgoers, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 1928Turtle Rock, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Noosa Heads, 1952Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 29 December 20044NA Sunshine Coast Radio Service Awards, 30 October 1972Sunset, Lake Cootharaba, Como, 6 May 2007Time for a trim, Kevin Freeman cutting Ernie Greber's hair, Noosa Heads, 28 March 1969Noosa Council fleet staff and mobile library operators celebrating getting their heavy-combination driver's license, Noosa Council Depot, Noosaville, 22 August 2005Aerial view Noosaville Cold Chisel, Summer of '82 concert, Noosa AFL Ground, Noosaville, 9 January 1983Parked cars, Tewantin Gala Day and Speedboat Carnival, Sidoni Street, Tewantin, 1 January 1952Daytrippers and Gromit mascot, Laguna Lookout, Noosa Heads, 6 November 2011Prawn trawlers, Johns Landing, Noosa River, Cooroibah, 1988 Landing  point, Noosa River Everglades, Noosa River, Cooloola, 11 February 2028Aerial view Noosa Council Chambers, Pelican Street, Tewantin, 30 March 1987Enclosed verandah, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 17 April 2009Newly built home, 'Lynnfield', 135 Lake Weyba Road, Noosaville, ca 1979Margaret Ibbs, Everglades trip, 'Miss Tewantin II', Noosa River, 7 June 1970Tait's Jetty, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1930sSignage, Johns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017Granite Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1952Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003Flooding, Pender Creek Road, Kin Kin, 8 January 2011Scenic views across Lake Cootharaba, Brahminy walking trail, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 14 June  2025Dwelling, 61 Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 13 February 2017Partygoers, Lakes Motor Inn restaurant, Tewantin, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 July 2005

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