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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, 1955Stilt walkers, Street parade, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 13 December 2024Cake judging, Noosa Show, Pomona Showgrounds, Pomona, 1968Olive and Betty Freeman, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1927Moving goods,  The Woods to Hastings StreetSail boats, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1970sLooking out the back of Cobby Family House, Noosa HeadsTimber Cutters Seat peg, 22 Maple Street, Cooroy, 1996Noosa River barge, Noosa North ShoreBanana farmer Fred Ledger, Ironstone Creek, TuchekoiDigging for unexploded ordnance, Major David Luke, Sunshine Beach, November 1972Resting boat, Boreen Point, ca 1930sJohn Clarey aboard the 'Marianne', Noosa River, Tewantin, ca 1956Mail delivery, Cafe Terrace, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 2004Accident, Cooroy School bus, Cooroy-Tewantin Range Road, Tinbeerwah,  April 1971Brian Walsh, Cooran, 1980sCelebrating Sailors, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, NoosavilleHayden spoon, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, October 2021Bareback bronc rider, Noosa Rodeo, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa Heads, 10 June 1965Ellen Caroline Rains, ca late 1800sCooroy Railway Line, Elm Street, Cooroy, 5 November 2018Aerial View, storm damaged crops, ca 1970sVeterans and vintage cars, ANZAC Day march, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 25 April 2025Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, March 1973Noosa Coast Guard, flotilla re-enactment participant, Noosa Coast Guard, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Scenic views, Wandi Waterhole, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 13 February 2025Views down to Hastings Street and Noosa River, Noosa HeadsPineapple garden 'Pinevale', Bayview Road, Noosa Heads, 27 April 1953Guests, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa HeadsUnits and businesses, 281 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1990sBook launch, A Cup of Tea with God, Noosaville Library, Wallace Drive, Noosaville, 22 March 2015Nambour Marching Girls, Mardi Gras, Festival of Waters, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 2 September 1972Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 18 February 2003Fig Tree and Tait's horse and buggies, Tewantin, ca late 1890s Waiting for customers, hire boats, Star Boat Hire, Noosa River, Munna Point, Noosaville, 1970sAlan Dunstan and Arthur Wallace, Wallace House, Noosaville, before 1970Partygoers, Blakeney Christmas Party, Lakes Motel, Tewantin, December 1973Boating party, Crang family boat shed, Lake Cootharaba, Mill Point, Como, 1930sLeslie Wilson and William Massoud, Brisbane, 20 October 1941Dwellings, Tewantin, 1956Tewantin Methodist Church, Gooloi Street, Tewantin, 1920Access path, Tea Tree Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Kevin Freeman, Beachview Flats, Noosa Heads, 1950sTeachers, Group Photo, Pomona State School, Pomona, 9 September 1972Ross Wilson Surfboards labelAerial view, Noosa Airstrip, Noosa Aerodrome, Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 30 January 2006Swing time, Carl and Michelle Freeman (on the bank, Elissa and Kevin Freeman (on rope swing), Millstream Falls, Archer's Creek Rest Area, Ravenshoe, 24 January 1973The 'Makona', Jeffs family home, 4 Wattle Street, Cooroy, March 1970Class Photo, Grades 3 & 4 , Tewantin State School, Tewantin, 1948Peter D'Arcey and John Sheriff, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1990s

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