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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, 1955Guests, QCWA Centenary QCWA Centenary Luncheon, Alba Restaurant, 3 Alba Close, Noosa Heads, 25 November 2022Vic Collins, ca 1950sHolzapel family child, Kandanga, September 1972A W Bonnell Haulage transporting a 'Queenslander' houseBoating party, Lake Cootharaba, ca 1980Fancy Dress Ball participants, Laguna House, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1951House, 1980Councillor Peter Sharpe and Karie the Koala, Motorkana '72, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, September 1972Flooding, Gibson Road, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Lennox Family farm, Ringtail CreekJenny Mitchell, Noosa Community Support, Wallace Park, Noosaville, ca 1990sFestival goer, Festival of Waters, Noosaville Lions Park, Noosaville, 25 August 1979Saddle bronc rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, ca 1980sTeam photo, Cooran Football Club, Cooran, 1929Sailing carnival, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1970Exhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyKabi Kabi Commitment signing, Noosa Council Ordinary Meeting, Noosa Council Chambers, Tewantin, 19 September 2024Tree transplantation, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sAerial photo Noosa Heads, 1950 Helen Ainsworth with 'Mistafia' and Terry Parkin, 5th Light Horse Gympie Troop, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Collins Family reunion, Noosaville, ca 1970sNoosa News Spring Garden Competition, 1st place award bannerette, 3 September 1970Aerial view, Noosa Heads, ca 1980sNoosa Sun Farms Estate land, Eumundi Noosa Road, Doonan, 26 September 1972Back to Tewantin, Tewantin State School reunion, Tewantin, 1984 Aerial view T. M. Burke development, Peregian Beach, 1970 Lionel Donovan's Car, Tewantin Red House students, Sports day, Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1984Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 30 January 2006Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 October 2007Aftermath, goods train derailment, Pomona Railway yards, Pomona, 30 September 1941Lion Rock, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1933Partly demolished dunny on the beach, New Years Eve, Noosa North Shore, 1993-94Dwellings, Sunshine Beach, 21 March 1990Coral Goldsworthy and Doug Partington, road testing Ford Escort, Louis Bazzo Drive, Boreen Point, May 1970Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 8 April 2008Ross and Betty Clement, Wedding partyAerial view, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sClass Photo, Grades Prep 2 & 4, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1948Aerial view, Lake Cooroibah, Tewantin, 11 May 2006Kevin Freeman, 'Noosa Vale', Noosa Heads,  December 1946Len Ely, Noosaville, 19 January 1996John and Donna Hofmann's pet Boxers, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa HeadsCoastal rutile sand erosion, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 16 February 1972Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 2 August 2008Clubhouse construction, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Boreen Parade, Boreen Point, 1960Bar Man, 1980sNorma Smart, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, January 1949Parked cars, Gooloi Street, Tewantin, ca 1950s

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