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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, 1955Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, ca May 1973Dinner meeting to establish Noosa Heads Lions Club, Noosa Heads Hotel, 26 February 1974Paddlers, Noosa River, 6 June 2004Coast Guard Noosa QF5 boat, Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, 1 February 2003Book launch, A Cup of Tea with God, Noosaville Library, Wallace Drive, Noosaville, 22 March 2015Bull rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Getting through the flood, Vic Collins and Patty Payne, ca 1990sClass photo, Grade 1, Pomona Rural School, Pomona, 1949Milk delivery, cnr Hilton Esplanade and Sydney Street, Noosa River under flood, Tewantin, February 1931'Seadancer' Sun Cat, Noosa River, Tewantin, 14 June 1985Cooroy State School, Elm Street, Cooroy, 3 August 1909 Guests, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa HeadsHooper Family, Schoolhouse, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1942Dwellings, Sunshine Beach, 3 June 2002Informal group portrait, Boreen Point, ca 1926June Colley (blue jacket), Esme Tait (2nd right), Olive Donaldson (r) and guests, 2011Partygoers, Lakes Motor Inn restaurant, Tewantin, ca 1970sBen and Sandra French, Cooroy Memorial Hall, 8 January 1966Campsite, Main Roads Camp, Skyring Creek Road, Skyring Creek, Federal, ca 1928Vanda Venecia Shields Parkyn portraitShoreline, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1990sWaiting in transition, Noosa Triathlon, Noosa Heads, 1980sDrone view, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 8 May 2023Noosa Botanic Gardens first year, Lake Macdonald, August 1990 Walter (l), Jessie (r) Tronson and their children, 1926Block printing, Kin Kin, 1980sClass photo, Grade 5/6B, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 10 October 1972Apex Club meeting, Noosa Heads Hotel, Noosa Heads, December 1973Pam Grice, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, 1992Dignitaries and guests, official opening ceremony, Tewantin Baths, Tewantin, 25 April 1969Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 6 June 2008Cenotaph and wreaths, ANZAC Day service, Tewantin, 25 April 2026Hell's Gates, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsHarriet and Betty Freeman Transport, S.E.A.Q recreation club picnic, Peregian Beach, 1963Tewantin State School students, school camp groupConstruction, interior, Cooroy Library, 9 Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010Interior, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads'Jannett', Noosa River, October 1981Aerial view, Lake Como, Como, 11 May 2006Edith Annie Burger, ca 1948Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 4 January 2007Car racing, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, 22 September 1973Rafting timber, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, ca 1930sChristmas celebrations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1980sTimber carrier, Mr N. S Cutmore, Pomona, 1924Delce Poole, Emma Freeman (back l-r) with Gaye Poole and Peter Freeman (Children l-r), Noosa Heads, 5 July 1953Collage of Noosa HeadsBank of New South Wales, Tewantin, ca 1970s

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