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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, 1955Finished interior, new Baptist Church Manse, 23 Koel Street, Noosaville, 11 July 1981Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003Baa Baa little sheep, views to Noosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsTea Tree BayLaguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 1955Peregian Roadhouse, Heron Street, Peregian Beach, ca 1960sRobert Male, BaliView from Hay family property, Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads, 1917 Exhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyKin Kin Kids, Christmas, Kin Kin, 1980sClass Photo, Grade 3, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1951Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sFreeman residence, cnr Hastings Street and Morwong Drive, Noosa Heads, 24 October 19674NA Sunshine Coast Radio Service Awards, 30 October 1972King Neptune and attendees, Queen of the Waters Ball, Tewantin, 1962Noosa Heads, Christmas 1932Graham Matheson, David Tilbury, Michael Boyce (Winner) and Sam Griffiths, Open Cross River Swim, Festival of Waters, Noosaville, 2 September 1973Radio station 4NA staff and musicians, official opening, Arcadia Shopping Centre, Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, 1970sCanal views, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sConstruction, Road bridge, Elm Street, Cooroy, 1953PicnicSplish, splash, Kate Landsey and friends, rain event, Noosaville, 25 February 2022Sawmill, Kareewa, ca 1911Hula girl, Tewantin State School Fancy Dress Ball, Tewantin, 1967Cow cutting, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads 1975Adventurer, Kevin Freeman, Birdsville, 29 September 1970Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 19 March 2007Anthony Bonnell, 8 August 1969Golfers, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Club, Tewantin, 1967Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 8 May 2005Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 November 2006Richard Yeates and Noel Playford inside the new Noosa Shire Council Mobile LibraryHell's Gates, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1940sNoosa Court Motel, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1970sPartially collapsed hutCar racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, March 1973Business signs, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 24 January 1989James Bazzo's farm, Black Mountain, ca 1920sCherry Venture, Teewah Beach, August 1973 Vintage cars, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Best Birthday Wishes, ca 1940sPelicans, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca November 1972Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1992 Road construction, 'Noosa Vale', Noosa Heads, 26 July 1949Participating boats, Noosa Classic Boat Regatta, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 5 November 2011Holiday drop off zone, Noosa Main Beach carpark, Noosa Heads, 20 December 2025Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 August 2008Beachgoers, Noosa Heads, ca 1910sAerial view, Noosa Heads, ca 1990s

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