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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, 1955Bruce Russell and Coral Russell, Bruce's Men's Shop, Opening, Noosa River Shopping Centre,  cnr Thomas Street & Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, August 1970'Marianne' with David and Jan Heath onboard , Noosa Classic Boat Regatta, Noosa River, Tewantin, 2012Scottish pipe band passing Pelican Bill's shop, Festival of Waters parade, Noosaville, 25 August 1979Wedding portrait, George and Elizabeth Dan,  Charters Towers, ca 1910Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, ca 1930sHidden Grove, Noosa Main Beach boardwalk, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Celebrations, Rev. Dr. Edward J. Doody, St Patrick's Convent, Pomona, April 1948Aerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 10 September 2003Launching the 'Makona', Noosaville, August 1972Butter Factory, Kin Kin, 1918Shirley Freeman and Dianne Clement, Noosa HeadsOld bottles, Mill Point Settlement site, Elanda Point, Como, 2001Lauren Markwell and Callie, Noosa Libraries mobile library vehicle launch, Joe Bazzo Park, Reserve Street, Pomona, 10 June 2023Surf rescue boat exhibition, Festival of Waters, Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 26 August 1972Sailing, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970sMidnight Oil, Noosa Aussie Hop '83, Picnic Racetrack, Cooroy, 23 April 1983Barbara Sheriff and John Sheriff, Grand Opening Celebrations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1 April 1994Stanley Adams, Chairman, Noosa Shire Council (5th right) and delegation, first flight arrival, Teewah Beach airstrip, Noosa North Shore, 1970s and Delegation, first flight arrival, Teewah Beach airstrip, Noosa North Shore, 1960sTewantin State School students, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 201875th anniversary celebrations, Cooroy Tennis Club, Mary River Rd, Cooroy, 14 July 2013Attendees, Opening Day, Cooroy Bowls Club, Opal Street, Cooroy, 1948Billy Hay, Noosa HeadsInformal Duke Family portrait, TewantinTait's Royal Mail Hotel buggy, Cooroy-Tewantin Road, Tewantin, ca 1911Exterior, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 17 April 2009Timber Cutters Seat, 22 Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Aerial view, Hilton Terrace, Hilton Esplanade and TewantinClass Photo, Grade 1, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1948Celebrations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 24 June 1999Noosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsConstruction, Baptist Church, Cnr Lake Weyba Drive and Weyba Road, Noosaville, ca 1990Flotilla re-enactment, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Sergeant Mal Scott, unknown officer, Senior Constable Clancy the Koala and unknown officer (l-r), CooroyCattle Auction, Cooroy, 1951Jo Zampieri, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch member and Queensland Day Volunteer Award recipient, 6 June 2016Noosa Shire Council Chambers, Pelican Street, Tewantin, 31 May 2018Wedding portrait, Danks Family, 1973Cnr Hastings Street and Park Road, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sStreet parade, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 13 December 2024Memorial Avenue, Pomona Building under construction, 177 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 2000 Santa, Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 24 December 1969Invoice, City Electric Light Company Ltd., Boundary Street, Brisbane, 8 November1951QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 1950Dwelling, Ward Street, Tewantin, ca 1940sFrank Wilkie, 2020Dancers, Fancy Dress Ball, Laguna House, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads,  31 December 1951Pro-shop, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Club, Tewantin, ca 1990sTom Lathems bean patches, Ferrells Road, Cooroy, 1958

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