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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, 1955Alec Lowe with his wife, John Herbert (Minister for Tourism) and Councillor Peter Sharpe, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Sailing, Noosa River, NoosavilleOlive Freeman  (on right) and friendsAerial view, Peregian Beach, 1990sCar racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, ca November 1973Vintage Santa, Street parade, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 13 December 2024Park Road, Noosa Heads, 1954Direction sign, Girraween Criterium, Girraween Sport Complex, Eenie Creek Rd & Langura Street, Noosa Heads, 3 November 2024Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Construction, Noosaville Library, Noosaville, 1993Holiday makers, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sJim Tyrie, Nicole Tyrie and Bob McLaren, Tewantin State School, 5 October 1972Portrait, Joe Miller, 1914Bowlers, Greens Christening day celebrations, Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads, 26 December 1969Miss Traveston, Noosa Show, 1966 Bob Aitken, Lois Albert (r-l) and attendees, Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025The Big Shell, Tewantin, 1960sScale model of new Noosa Shire Council chambers, June 1977Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Beach House, Noosa North ShoreAerial view north, Sunrise Estate, Sunrise Beach, 3 August 1972Richard Hansen, Master of Ceremonies (left) , interview with Andy Fermo, returned serviceman, Afghanistan, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018'Home of Mosquitoes - now a $25m Estate', from Gareth Evans, Noosa Sound Development, Noosa Heads, December 1973First surfboard, Ross Wilson, Tewantin, 1975Corner Memorial Avenue and Reserve Street, Pomona Slippery visitor, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa HeadsReady to compete, Benny Pike, ca 1980Aerobatic display, Air Pageant, Maroochy Airport, Marcoola, 3 September 1972Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 March 2006Early construction, Noosa HeadsSpectator, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, ca May 1973Cows through the window, Neundorf's Farm, 17 December 1967Exhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyGibson Bridge, Hilton Terrace, Noosaville, 1 June 2018Picnickers, Alexandria Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads 1940sRocky shoreline, Double Island Point, Great Sandy National Park, CooloolaLandslip, James Bazzo's farm, Black Mountain, February 1927Looking south to Coolum, David Low Way, Sunshine BeachThe Sunnyboys, Noosa Aussie Hop '83, Picnic Racetrack, Cooroy, 23 April 1983Esme Tait and Maisie Massoud, Noosa Ferry, Tewantin, 1999Piper, Noosa & District Pipe Band, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Christmas celebrations, Page Motors Cooroy staff, Cooroy, ca 1956Water ski demonstration, Festival of Waters, Tewantin, 2 September 1979Q.C.W.A. certificate presentation, TewantinDemonstration skater, Festival of Waters, Noosa Rollerdrome, Noosaville, 28 August 1979Dwelling, 51 Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 13 February 2017Leslee's Fashions, 3 Pelican Street, Tewantin, 1980sCelebrations, cake and candles, 1978

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