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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, 1955Views down to Little Cove, Noosa HeadsEntrants, Cane Toad Derby, Noosaville, 1967Polling booth, Tewantin, Federal election, 2 December 1973William Rookwood, Pomona, ca 1917Canoe/Kayaking river access and tendering area, Noosa River, Harry Hut Road, Como, 9 December 2025Inspecting properties, Noosaville, 1958Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, 69 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1949Tewantin Gala Day, Gooloi Street, Tewantin, ca 1940sPublic viewing, plan, Noosa Waters Estate, Noosaville, ca 1970sDwelling, Page Family home (left), Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, ca 1910Bull rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Program, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads,26-30 October 2016Standard seat, Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Barbara and Leslie Lintott, Noosa Heads, ca 1930sJammys Restaurant, 1986 Bill Griffiths, 43 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, ca 1960sStreet scene, Maple Street, Cooroy, 1955Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 June 2007Audrey Lowe and Jean Heartivson, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1949 Michael Court, Phil Jarratt, Garth Madill, Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025Looking south from Eugarie Street to round-a-bout for Sunshine Beach Road, Honeysuckle Land, David Low Way and Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads, 28 January 1987Horse drawn buggy and drivers, 1980sKevin Freeman, Stoney Creek Falls, Kuranda, Cairns, 6 January 1973Claudia Low, David Low MLA, Francis Nicklin, Mildred Adermann, Charles Adermann, Laying of the Foundation Stone, Sundale Nursing Home, Nambour, 3 September 1972Sailing, Noosa River Scenic views, Noosa River, Noosaville, 9 September 1988Portrait, Ellen Caroline HillFlooding, Tewantin, 1992Santa On The Beach, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 13 December 2025River side, Johns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 27 July 2005'Columbus Line' surfboat launch, Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1978'Wondai', Noosaville, ca 1960sClem Bean, Royal Mail Hotel, Tewantin, 1947Cover of 'Your Song Album of favourite Stephen C. Foster southern melodies' as featured in Swanee River in technicolour! A 20th Century-Fox Picture, 1940 Portrait, William Henry Hooper, William Hooper and William Henry Hooper Snr (l-r), ca 1921Organ, Tait Duke cottage moving to Earl Street, Wallace Park, Eumundi Road, Noosaville, 22 October 2015Logging, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 March 2006Councillor Peter Sharpe and Karie the Koala, Motorkana '72, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, September 1972Splashing around, rain event, Noosaville, 25 February 2022Noosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsFashion parade, Mayfair Arcade, Tewantin, 1973Bridge construction, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 17 December 2005Aerial view, Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003Bill Parry's bullock team, Kin KinLake Cootharaba from Boreen Point, 1947 Tennis Players, Kin Kin

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