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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, 1955Catching a tow, Noosa RiverMichael Court, Reg Johns, unknown, unknown, Lisa Spence and Dennis Lewis (l-r), Noosa's Surfing History: In Conversation, The J, Noosa Heads, 11 March 2025Joh Sagner, Noosa Heads, 1980sIsabel Maher, George Beal, Fanny Maher, William Beal Jnr, Catherine Warry and Doris Hughes (back l-r) with  Vera Galloway, William Beal Snr, Ethel Beal and Gladys Ferguson (front l-r), PomonaFlotilla re-enactment participant, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace event, Noosa River, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Landscaping, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 9 December 1997Santa Claus float, Christmas in Cooroy, Maple Street, Cooroy, 10 December 2018Views back to Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sKevin and Shirley Clarey, Tewantin, 1940sCr Joseph Dodd and Gwenda Marriott-Burton, Aqueous Festival Launch, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 1993Friends of Weyba Bridge, Noosa Heads, 1980sExhibition, Bayticol, 1980sBull Family dwelling, 'Triplelinks', TewantinTopper Mark Price, Trooper Chad Monroe and Wayne Hampton (l-r), Catafalque Party member, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Fire remains, Godber's Drapers, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 1956Thomas Dinsey's bean farm, Cooroy Mountain, Cooroy, July 1968Bull rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, 26 June 1977Alexandria Bay, Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1 August 2023Boating party, 'Restdown' Noosa River, 1928Performer in costume for 'Blithe Spirit',  Majestic Theatre, Pomona, 1980sBusinesses, Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads, 28 January 1987Landscaping, Noosa Waters, Noosaville,  8 January, 1998Road construction, 'Noosa Vale', Noosa Heads, 26 July 1949Ross Wilson, surfboard factory, Duke Street Sunshine Beach, 1979Pete the Noosa Pelican float, Festival of the Waters, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, August 1986Mr Jeffrey piggybacking Mrs Jeffrey across waterFishing, Greg Walker, Noosa North Shore, 1970sDrivers and spectators, Sunshine Coast Speedway, Wappa Falls Road, Yandina, July 1973Walking a trail, Harry Spring and his dogAerial view, Noosa Waters, Noosaville, 2 August 2008David Low MLA (Member for Cooroora), Pomona State School 75th Jubilee Anniversary celebrations, Pomona, 28 October 1972Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre and construction, Cooroy Library, 11 Maple Street, Cooroy, 21 April 2010	Rosie Hall and Robert Rolfe performing in  'Snow White and the Seven Sailors', Majestic Theatre, Pomona, December 1984Dwelling, 59 Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, 13 February 2017Big wet, 'Burger Cottage', 135 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 1983Relocation, Tait Duke Cottage, 84 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin, 24 August 2009Finished interior, new Baptist Church Manse, 23 Koel Street, Noosaville, 11 July 1981David Ashton (centre), stilt walking with 'The Deadly Serious Theatre Troupe', Peregian Beach, 1980sBoating and fishing, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, 1992Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, ca May 1973Beach scene, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsTennis Club members, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 1933 Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 8 May 2005Picnickers, parklands, The Woods, Claude Batten Drive, Noosa HeadsLand clearing, 11 October 1990Noosa Beach,  1947 Julia Carter planting a tree, World Environment Day, Wallace Park, Noosaville, 5 June1993Laguna Shopping Centre Noosa Heads, February 1972Aerial view, Teewah Airstrip, Noosa North Shore, 16 October 2007

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