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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, 1955Laguna House, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1950 Tait's Royal Mail Hotel, Tewantin, ca 1889Jim Lowe's 21st Birthday celebrations, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Hall, Tewantin, 23 May 1963Viewing verandah, Kinaba Information Centre, Cooloola Recreation Area, Lake Cootharaba, 2 October 2020Houseboat hire, Noosa River, 1988 In the slips, Tye 3, Noosaville, June 1977Lester, Amy, Selwyn, Joyce, Fay Dennis (l-r) and Mervyn (front) Bonnell, 8 August 1969Scenic views, Noosa River, Noosa HeadsTake off, Noosa Aerodrome, Noosaville, 1990sFishing boat, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1980sKin Kin School of Arts Hall, Kin Kin 1911Tree transplantation, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sDecorated vehicle, parade, Kin Kin, 1980sFlooding, Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, February 1968Rivergoers, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970sMoored boats, Noosa Marina, 2 Parkyn Court, Tewantin, 1 June 2018Mini Hot Rod, Festival of Waters, Noosaville, 1986Bruce Wilson, Noosa Vietnam Veterans Association, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Rock fountain, Cooroy Streetscape, 1996Lisa Spence, Heritage Librarian Noosa Libraries, Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025Noosa Heads Hotel Motel, October, 1972 Arthur Wallace and  Donny, Jean and Alan Dunstan, Barbara Lintott and Alice Wallace, Wallace House, early 1950sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 7 August 2007St Mary's Anglican Church, Doonella Street, Tewantin, 1940 Boating party'Queenslander,' Noosaville, ca 2002 - 2003Doug Jones, Marie Jones and her children, Pomona Railway Station, Pomona, ca 1940sFlooding, Cnr Furl Street and Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Aerial view of Noosa Heads looking north up to the riverNoosa Board Riders (North Sunshine), Boiling Pot, 3 March 2008Western end Tea Tree Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Queenslanders, Hilton Esplanade, Noosaville, 1 June 2018Weyba Creek, NoosavilleRoyal Mail Hotel, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, ca 1960sVera, Lynne and Neville Jones, Noosaville, 1948Olive Freemans residence (on right), cnr Hastings Street and Morwong Drive, Noosa Heads, 21 March 1981Fun on the boards, Adam and Daniel Grice, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1995Flooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Bushland views looking west towards Lake WeybaFlooding, approximately cnr Maple and Marana Streets, Cooroy, February 1968Exhibition poultry, Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 14 September 2024Mary Jane Wood and Harold Vickers Wood, 19 Pine Street, Pomona, ca 1950sPomona School house, Pomona, ca 1915Sailing, Kevin Freeman, Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 8 December 1987Daytrippers, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsDance performers, Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, ca November 1952Delivery, 'Bunya' Sculpture, Mill Place Community Precinct, Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010Fully renovated Glenhaven Flats, Hastings Street, Noosaville, ca 1950Class Photo, Grade 1, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1965

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