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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, 1955Trophy Presentation Night, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 4 June 1988Tewantin Boat Ramp, Doonella Street, Tewantin, 1 June 2018Kimberly Hodgson (left), Lai Utovou (centre) and Band Members, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Boating party, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, 1920sAerial view, Lake Cootharaba, Cootharaba, 11 May 2006Vintage car, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Parade participants, Memorial Avenue, Tewantin, ca 1960s'Miss Laguna II', Noosa Heads,  1947 'Noosa Vale', Noosa HeadsSpeaker, opening, Village Inn Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca March 1972Staff, Pomona Butter Factory, Pomona, 1936-1937  New Year's Eve party, Kirriwina Motel and Caravan Park, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 31 December 1969Attendees, Greens Christening day celebrations, Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads, 26 December 1969June Colley and Esme Tait (l-r), 2000Cherry Venture, Teewah Beach, Noosa North Shore, 1973Senator Donald Grimes and guests, official opening, first stage, Carramar Nursing Home, 186 Cooroy Road, Tewantin, 31 March 1984Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sJohns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 2013Midnight Oil, Noosa Aussie Hop '83, Picnic Racetrack, Cooroy, 23 April 1983Royal Mail Hotel, TewantinHal Barton and guests, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 1980sBowlers, Tewantin-Noosa Bowls Club, Tewantin, 1952Fire damage, verandah, Wallace House, Noosaville, after April 1999Gathering at the end of World War II, Tewantin, 15 August 1945Fishing party, Noosa River Boiling Pot, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsBusinesses, Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, 28 January 1987Pam Grice and holiday makers, Lake Weyba, Noosaville, ca 1990sWar Memorial, ANZAC Day march, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 25 April 2025Noosa River, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Dwellings and buildings, Pomona, ca 1980sPortrait, Sarah Anne LennoxMorning tea, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 19 August 2003Lola, Daisy, Vanda and Ivy Parkyn, Jesse South (Standing l-r), Howard, Edna and Cloudesly Parkyn (Front row), TewantinHorse drawn buggy and drivers, 1980sWilliam Rookwood, Pomona, ca 1917Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 March 2008Miss Ridgewood, Noosa Show, 1966 Kindergarten float, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia (fold out)Dwelling, 24 Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 13 February 2017Tewantin Visitor Information Centre, Parkyn's Hut, Poinciana Ave, Tewantin, ca 1990s Martin Davies, decorated Ford truck, Pomona State School 75th anniversary celebrations, 15 November 1972 Cousins, Donald, Valerie (l-r standing), Patricia and Helen Woods (l-r seated), 19 Pine Street, Pomona, ca 1950sGlen McLaran and Bill Saunders (l-r), Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, January 1949Playford Family, Black Mountain Road, PomonaJones family, ca 1950sViews to Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, September 2021Chief Stewards vehicle and competitors, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 1970s

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