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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, 1955Local flora, Pimelea (rice flowers), ca 1970sConstruction and accommodation, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 21 March 1982Bob McMurray's bullock train, Kenilworth, 1992Parkyn Boat shed, Tewantin La Balsa expedition crew, media conference, November 1970

Aerial View, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 27 November 1970Speedboat White Pointer,  Noosa River, Tewantin, 29 August 1971Val Godber, Godbers Delicatessen, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, ca 1969Dwelling, Noosa River, 9 February 1995Daytrippers, Fraser Island Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1946Final touches, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club under construction, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca March 1994Doggy Beach, Noosa Heads, 28 June 2025Land clearing, Cecil and Jack Potts,  Kin KinClass Photo, Grade Prep 4, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1950Landscaping, construction Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 25 March 2010Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 26 July 1949Professor Teddy Woods (costumed character), Pomona, 11 December 1983Construction, Baptist Church, Cnr Lake Weyba Drive and Weyba Road, Noosaville, ca 1990Mark and Fiona Jeffs and friends, fresh water bubbler, Noosa North Shore, 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 28 February 2002Lions Club Son & Daughter Night, 1970Saddle bronc rider and cowboys, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Groom, Bride and bouquet, ca 1920sCarrier, Bill Hodge, Pomona Railway Station, Pomona, ca 1932Bi-Plane, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1940sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 September 2005Christmas & New Years Greeting card, 1891-92Jim Lowe and Gayle O'Leary, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1960sFlooding, Apex Park, Maple Street, Cooroy, 9 January 2011Piper and participants, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Laguna House, Noosa Heads, ca 1940sCompetitors, swim leg, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 1980sSchool group,  'Calf Project Day,'  Lawnville State School, Black Mountain, 1933Bill Griffiths, Opening, 'What's up Sunshine?' exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 15 June 2017Halliday's Cottage (on left), Ward Street, Tewantin, ca 1940sNoosa Marina and old swimming enclosure piers, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1 June 2018Parkland, Noosa Main Beach boardwalk, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Parade participant, Suncoast Holden Service float, Festival of Waters, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1979Cooroy Memorial Hall, Maple Street, Cooroy, 1955Pelicans, Tewantin, ca 1930sHorse and buggy, Kin Kin, 1981Paul and Brett Suttle,  with a 14lb 9oz flathead, Noosaville, October 1970Dancers, Queen of the Waters Ball, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 1964Mandalay Units, 7 Hilton Esplanade, Tewantin, 22 November 2017Trophy Presentation Night, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 4 June 1988Construction, Six Mile Creek Dam, Lake Macdonald, between 1965-1967Rescue boat, Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads, 28 March 2002Views north through the Pandanus of First Point and Noosa Heads, 1954

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