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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, 1955Cowbales, Armitage Family farm, PomonaToilet, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 17 April 2009Railway yards, Factory Street, Pomona, 1942Bob Aitken (standing blue shirt) talking to Lynne and Brian Cooney seated, Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025Beach Bonfire, New Year's Eve, Noosa North Shore, 1993-94Speedboat races, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1 January 1972Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 30 January 2006Guests, dining room, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads Tewantin Gala Day, Gooloi Street, Tewantin, ca 1940sBowler, Greens Christening day celebrations, Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads, 26 December 1969Noosa's War Front: RememberingNoosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 30 April 1949Dwelling interior, 37 Moorindil Street, Tewantin, 9 December 2013'Broadmeadows', Kin Kin, 1931Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003Aerial view, land clearing, Sunrise Beach looking north, 1970 Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 April 2007Fancy Dress Ball, Festival of Waters, Noosa Heads Bowls Club, Noosa Heads, 24 August 1973Wayne Hampton (back left), Janet Kake and Trooper Mark Price, catafalque party, War Memorial, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Views to Mt Eerwah, 1980sJo Sampieri 90th birthday presentation to Fran Schofield, QCWA Tewantin Noosa Branch Hall, Tewantin, 22 August 2013Painting of a dunnySaks on Hastings, 60 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 1 November 1987Beachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1970Students, Manual Training block, Pomona State School, Pomona, ca 1950sInterior and artwork, Kin Kin Depot, 63 Main Street, Kin Kin, 1980sViews east from the Boiling Pot, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Bikini model posed beside Ford Escort, 1970Competitor, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 14 March 2013Bull rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Presentations, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972The Jetty Licensed Restaurant Boreen Point, 1990sColoured Sands, Noosa North ShoreAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 31 July 2007Portrait, Bride and Groom, June 1977Dedication of Fenwick Park, Straker Drive, Cooroy, 21 August 2015After the game refreshments, Kin Kin, 1980sCar racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973Pomona Butter Factory, Factory Street, Pomona, ca 1919Participants, Heritage Day celebrations, Tewantin, 22 August 1998Australian Post Office float passing Carousel Cafe, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Exterior, dwelling, 26 Diyan Street, Tewantin, ca 1940sTewantin State School students, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Aerial view Noosa Air airstrip beside Lake Weyba, Noosaville, March 1976 Kate Bazzo and Les Sheaffe wedding, Pomona Church, 22 June 1935Holiday Inn, 51 Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads, ca 1970sVintage cars, Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Britannia, Foden Steam Wagon, Sunshine Coast Spring Festival Motorkana, Peregian Beach, 12 September 1971'Burger Cottage', 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 2000s

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