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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, 25 September 2007Aerial view, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sFig tree, Noosa Main Beach boardwalk, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Fancy dress entrants, Laguna House, Noosa Heads, 1947Aerial view, Noosaville, December 1972Lily pads, Noosa River, 2013Logging, ca 1970sAlexandria Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1952Flooding, Villa Aqua Accommodation, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Mick Wilson, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, December 1966Noosa Heads Club member, Festival of Waters, Tewantin,  26 August 1973Wreaths, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018QCWA division prize presentation, Jean Broughton (QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch), and students, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1992Easter Carnival, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Boreen Point, 1953Kayaks and surf skis, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa HeadsFlooding, San Elanda Guest House and Martin's Hotel, Tewantin, ca 1940s Early Tewantin, from Ward Street, ca 1920s. Parkyn Doonella Cottage, Lake Street, Tewantin Olympic torch arrival, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, ca September 2000Noosa Shire Council meeting, Noosa Shire Chambers, Pomona, October 1972 Scenic Views, Cooloola Sandpatch, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 6 May 2007Johns family members, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 20 June 2007Olive and Shirley Freeman, 22 Lawarra Street, Port Kembla, 31 March 1951Bushland, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 13 February 2025Lions Park, Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads, 1 August 1988Flyer, 'The Admirable Crichton', Wests Majestic Theatre, Pomona, ca 1980sBill Massoud's truck, Clarey's Creek, Noosa North Shore, ca 1946-47Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1970sFashion parade, Mayfair Arcade, Tewantin, 1973Ketch "Noosa", Dath Henderson's Sawmill and Wharf, Tewantin, ca 1880QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Members (l-r) Val Buchanan, Dorothy Price and Olive Donaldson, 90th Birthday Celebrations, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 20 April 2017Interior Tait-Duke Cottage, Earl Street, Tewantin, 7 June 2017Advertising flyer, Spring Fete & Sale of Work, Kin Kin School of Arts, 1 September 1934Footpath artistic insert, Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Veterans, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Sailboats, Noosa RiverSailors, Noosaville, ca 1980sDinner meeting to establish Noosa Heads Lions Club, Noosa Heads Hotel, 26 February 1974Poole's shops, Noosa Heads, 28 November 1968 Female surfer, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1975-76'Hamilton Jet' and other competitors, Power boat races, Festival of Waters, Noosa River, Tewantin, 27 August 1972Pomona Butter Factory,  Pomona, ca 1911George Page and fishing party, Noosa North Shore, ca 1950sAerial view, Sunshine Beach, 10 February 2005Aerial view, Mary Cairncross Park to the Glass House Mountains, Maleny, October 1971Edna Parkyn, Daisy Parkyn and friendCow by the shore, ca 1920sPush peddle bike, ca 1920s

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