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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, 1955Bomb detonation, Sunshine Beach, November 1972Ken and Jim Johns with Reg Murray  in foreground, garage construction, Noosa Heads, Hastings Street, 5 June 1949Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sStreet Library, Anchor Street, Noosaville, ‎26 October 2024Sailing, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1970sViews easts to Tea Tree Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Signage, Noosa River, Cooroibah, 2 October 2020QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Members (l-r), Dorothy Price and Olive Donaldson, 90th Birthday Celebrations, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 20 April 2017Bill Wallace and board in production, Noosaville, ca 1990sSandfly fogging, Weyba Creek, Noosa Heads, 1970sTimber Cutters Seat, 22 Maple Street, Cooroy, 1990sReady for a trail ride, ca 1980sRoy Duke, Diamond Street, Cooroy 1930sTait's jetty, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1920 Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 29 December 2004'Big Col's' Saloon car, Noosaville, 26 April 1978Russell Street, Noosaville, 1 June 2018Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 December 2006RSL Columbarium, Cooroy Cemetery, Cooroy, ca 1980sExhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyPelican, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, 1990sKin Kin Festival attendees, Kin Kin, 1980sCoastal rutile sand erosion, Noosa Main Beach, 16 February 1972Kayakers, Kin Kin Creek, Great Sandy National Park, Como, October 2001Flotilla, Australia Day Celebrations, Noosa River, Noosaville, 26 January 2003Royal Mail Hotel, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, ca 1960sRate Notice, Shire of Widgee, Miss A. M. Poulsen, Tewantin, Year ending 30 June 1942Sarah Renshaw, Noosa A. H. & I. Society float, Pomona State School 75th Jubilee Anniversary celebrations parade, Pomona, November 1972.Class photo, Grade 5A, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 10 October 1972Rail track remnants, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, 17 December 2025Farmland, Pomona, ca 1980sFokker Friendship aircraft, first East West Airlines flight, Maroochy Airport, 19 December 1970Jean Dunstan (centre), Rebecca Ross(right) with patriotic cake, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Women's AuxiliaryBallerina, Tewantin State School Ball, Tewantin, 1967Flower making, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018On holidays, Rob and Fiona Jeffs, 1960sFlying off the shelves, Noosa Libraries mobile library vehicle launch, Reserve Street, Pomona, 10 June 2023Rual viewsOlive Hay, Wedding Day, Albert Street Methodist Church, Brisbane, 18 September 1926Santa visit, Tewantin Noosa Day Kindergarten, Tewantin, 1973Employees at Fenwick Bros. and Morrish Sawmill, Cooroy, 1910 Major Land Auction, Tewantin, February 1978Noosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsEntertainer, Festival of Waters Ball, Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, 1 September 1979Jack Collett, Bullock team, Pomona, ca1950sAerial view Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 2018Wreath laying, QAS & QPS Representatives, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018View to Laguna Bay from Sunrise Road LookoutEvent, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville

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