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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, 1955Picnic, Mrs. Fred Bunter, Mrs. Kelloway and children, Federal State School, Federal, ca 1920sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 July 2008Tewantin viewed from across Noosa River, 1937 Sailing boats, Boreen Point, ca 1920sMargaret Ibbs, Everglades trip 'Miss Tewantin II', Noosa River, 7 June 1970Melissa Tong, construction, interior Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010	Team photo, Pomona Football Club, Pomona, 13 June 1953Aerial photograph, Noosa Sound development, Noosa Heads, ca 1972 - 1973Launch of Emma Freeman's 'Hastings Street', Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, ca April 2005Cherryn Lomas, Anita David and Kelsey Giarola, Andrew Sisters Tribute Show, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Vic Summers, woodchop, Nambour Showgrounds, Nambour, 1970sCar racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973Exhibit, Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015Cobb & Co coach, Royal Mail Hotel, Tewantin, 12-13 January 1974Ceremony, ANZAC Day service, Tewantin, 25 April 2026T-shirt, Women In The Waves, Sunshine CoastStaff members, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, NoosavilleDavid Hutchison, Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025Storm damage, fig tree, Tewantin, 30 December 1981Tracey King and Kerri Contini (l-r), Noosa Libraries mobile vehicle launch and 50th birthday celebrations, Joe Bazzo Park, Reserve Street, Pomona, 10 June 2023Emy, aeroplaning behind 'Miss Laguna II', Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 10 September 1950Trees in the mist, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, ca 1990sSports day presentation, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1970sParkland, Noosa Waters, Noosaville,  1990sVintage cars, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Clarence Ross Jr. and wife Janet (nee Laurie), early 1900sWreath laying, ANZAC Day, 25 April 2025, TewantinThe Spit, Claude Batten Drive, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sHonour Board, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Boreen Point, January 2026Dwellings, Boreen Point, 8 September 1992Class Photo, Grade 3A, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1971Ernie Greber, road construction, 'Noosa Vale' Noosa Heads, 26 July 1949Entrance, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1950sCoastal rutile sand erosion, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 16 February 1972Granite Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsStreet parade, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 13 December 2024Music pupils, Pomona, ca 1920sTait Duke cottage moving to Earl Street, Wallace Park, Eumundi Road, Noosaville, 22 October 2015Alice Wallace, Noosaville, ca 1940Vic Collins and Erica, Neebs Waterhole camping area, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Mrs Albrecht, Ivy Robb and 'Little Audie (cat)', Skyring Creek, Federal, ca 1930sEaster bonnet parade participants, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, ca 1980sPelican, Noosa River, Noosaville, September 2021Harry F Walker and Rose Walker, ca 1920sOverloaded with tourists, 'Miss Tewantin', Noosa RiverLandslip, James Bazzo's farm, Black Mountain, February 1927Butter Factory, Pomona, 1931Anita David, Kelsey Giarola and Cherryn Lomas, Andrew Sisters Tribute Show, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Grand Parade, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 1920s

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