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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, 1955Waterskiing, Festival of Waters, Noosa River, Tewantin, 26 August 1972Browns Creek, Kin Kin, 1980sChurch, CooroyBoreen Point, mouth of Lake Cootharaba, 1925 Scale model of new Noosa Shire Council chambers, June 1977Poinciana Avenue, TewantinPresidents and Commodores Life Members, 50th Birthday Celebrations, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, 10 February 1996Pelicans, gulls and boats, Noosa River, Munna Point, Noosaville, ca 1930sOlive Freeman, ca 1926A W Bonnell, timber truck, Cooroy, ca 1940sBeachgoers, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1990sSanta visit, Tewantin Noosa Day Kindergarten, Tewantin, 1973Aerial view, Hilton Terrace, Noosaville, 1966Young child, Christmas celebrations, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, 222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1980sJohn Hofmann, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa HeadsBeach massage, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, ca 1987-88Rail overpass construction, Cooroy, ca early 1950sClass photo, Grade 5, Cooroy State School, 1925Museum exhibits, Gympie and District Gold Mining and Historical Museum, Gympie, 20 January 1973Sailing boat, Boreen Point, 1947Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1964Ray Vandersteen, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, ca 1968Cooling off beside the river, ca 1920sCountry Life Hotel, Kin KinAerial view, Development, Peregian Beach, 27 November 1970Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 19 October 2005Land clearingExhibit, Contemporary Furniture Exhibition, CooroyConstruction, rock sea wall, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, June/July 1969Saddle bronc rider, Pomona Rodeo, Pomona Showgrounds, Exhibition Street, Pomona, ca 1980sJulianne Doran with June Napier, 'Miss Noosa Show', Noosa Country Show Ball, Pomona, ca 1958Railway yards, Railway Parade, Pomona, ca 1920Motorkana '72, Peregian Beach Show Grounds, Peregian Beach, September 1972Finish line, King of the Mountain, Pomona, 1 September 1979Delivery preparations, 'John Waddams' rescue boat, Coast Guard Noosa QF5, 21 January 2003Devil's Kitchen, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsPipe band passing Downman & Willett Golden Fleece, Gympie Centenary Procession, cnr Mary Street and Calton Hill, Gympie, 14 October 1967Construction, Road bridge, Elm Street, Cooroy, 1953Car ferry crossing, Noosa River, TewantinSurfing, Tea Tree Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, 1975Construction, Monks Bridge, Weyba Creek, Noosaville, ca 2005Hell's Gates, Noosa National Park, Noosa HeadsBi-Plane, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 1940sClass Photo, Grade 1A, Cooroy Sate School, Cooroy, 24 November 1971Pathway, parkland, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, ca 1990s'Noosa Vale',  Noosa Heads, ca 1930Noosa River, Noosa Heads, mid-1960sClubhouse construction, Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Boreen Parade, Boreen Point, ca 1960Jannett, Heritage Pontoon, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, January 2026

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