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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, 1955Catafalque party, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Storm damage, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsAttendees and exhibits, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyRibbon cutting ceremony, Official opening Tait-Duke Cottage, Earl Street, Tewantin, 7 June 2017Crowds, Aquatic Carnival, Tewantin, 2 January 1950Track clearing, Double Island Point, Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, 1970sRosie Hall, Country Life Hotel, Kin KinGail Robinson and Charlie Hacker, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, 10 December 2025Portrait, Bonny Family children, 6 September 1946Tea Tree Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Emergency services inspecting burnt out car, 1978Rental receipt from J. Donovan to Miss M. HayFormer farm and dairy buildings, 'Mary Waters', cnr Bruce Highway and Skyring Creek Road, Federal, ca 2000Alf Francis, 'Lone Pine,' Moran Group Settlement, Kin KinDuke of Edinburgh Gold Awards ceremony, Maryborough, 24 October 1973Sunset, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1960sExhibition, Bayticol, 1980sChristmas celebrations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1980sVic Collins pontoon boat, Noosa River, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sCoolum gymnastics team, Coolum State School, Coolum, November 1973Drone view, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 142 Gympie Terrace, NoosavilleAerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 14 July 2007Churchgoers, Tewantin Methodist Church, ca 1940sGuests, function, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, 1980sExhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyPeter and Michelle Freeman, Noosa Heads, 29 June 1958'Leilani' apartments, 279 Weyba Road, Noosaville, 29 January 1980Quarry workShirley Johnson and Dianne ClementLooking down Noosa River from Tewantin Memorial Park, ca 1970sOrder Of Service, Dedication, The Church of the Holy Nativity, Cooroy, 6 November 1954Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1952Gympie Lions Club float passing Olympia Theatre, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Possibly Dolly Jensen, Tewantin, February 1935Tree transplantation, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 1990sPlayford children, Wahpunga, ca 1953Ready to sail, Noosa River, Noosaville, 1960sDamaged pawpaw tree  after cyclone, 'Pinevale, Bayview Road, Noosa Heads, 21 February 1954Tewantin pioneering descendants reunion, Tewantin Marina, Tewantin, 2006Kayakers, Noosa River, Tewantin, 1 November 2003Shop fronts, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 16 February 1999Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 17 May 2007Period costume ball, Pomona Memorial School of Arts, 6 Reserve Street, Pomona,1951Sprint car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, March 1973Sailing, Noosa River, NoosavilleCarl Freeman, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa HeadsCompetitor, Noosa Heads Surfboard Open, Sunshine Beach, September 1969Trophies, Noosa Heads Surfboard Open Presentation, Noosa Heads, September 1969Laguna House, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1952

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