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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, 1955Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 10 April 2005Surviving part of damaged fig tree, Tewantin, 11 August 1985Dwelling, 5 Railway Parade, Pomona, ca 1950sCobb & Co coach, Royal Mail Hotel, Tewantin, 12-13 January 1974Aerial view, Noosa River mouth, Noosa Heads, 10 September 2003Rocky shoreline, Double Island Point, Great Sandy National Park, CooloolaDevil's Kitchen, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1933Hastings Street, Noosa HeadsAerial view, Noosa River, Lake Weyba, Noosaville, 9 March 2005Festival of Waters parade, NoosavilleViews of Gympie Terrace  from Noosa River, Noosaville, 30 May 2018Calf roping, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive,  Noosa Heads, 10 June 1972Boardrider, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 April 2007Phillips Coloured Sands Tours sign, circa 1960s‘Bunya’ sculpture, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 27 February 2024Pony Ride, Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 24 December 1969Interior, Alfredson's Joinery, 28 King Street, Cooran, 1 May 2024Debutante Ball attendees, Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, 1980sShoreline, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsAerial view, coastal lands, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 4 January 2007Cooran Railway Station,  King Street, Cooran, 31 May 2018Aerial View, Noosa Heads and Noosa Junction, 27 November 1970'Maryanne', Noosa River, Tewantin, ca 1940sArthur Wallace, produce crate stencil, Noosaville, ca 1950sCoral Goldsworthy and Doug Partington, road testing Ford Escort, Louis Bazzo Drive, Boreen Point,  May 1970'Como', Tait's Jetty, Tewantin, ca 1900sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 23 October 2007Troop carrier, 42nd Battalion Training Camp, Cooroy, 1951Emergency services inspecting burnt out car, 1978Floral presentation, the Hon Bob Katter, Debutante Ball, Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, 1980sPelican, Noosa River, Noosaville, September 2021Construction, Weyba Bridge, Noosa Heads, ca 1973Parking and undevelopment land, Noosa Reef Hotel Motel, Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads, 4 August 1987Memorial Tree Plaque, Noosa's War Front Exhibition, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 20 November 2015Noosa River, ComoFlotilla re-enactment participants, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 31 December 1972Robert Rolfe and Rosie Hall performing in  'Snow White and the Seven Sailors', Majestic Theatre, Pomona, December 1984Entrants and Officials, 'Miss Noosa Show', Noosa Country Show Ball, Pomona, 1965The Banksias, Service Station and Caravan Park, under construction, cnr Noosa Drive and Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, 1970'Leilani' apartments, 279 Weyba Road, Noosaville, 29 January 1980Mrs Powell and Shirley Cleary, Tewantin, ca 1942Exterior, prior to opening, Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, Entrance, prior to opening, Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 30 April 2010Kin Kin School of Arts competition Narelle Julian, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch stall, Tewantin, 2 September 2021Participants in period costume, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972'Barry's On The Beach' restaurant, beach side, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 16 September 1985

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