Portrait, Tedford Family, Tewantin, ca 1900s

(Source: supplied by Cooroora Historical Society) Early Settlement: George Tedford arrived in Tewantin in the 1870s, establishing the family's roots in a slab house near the Noosa River. The Tedford's purchased the historic timber cottage at 49 Doonella Street in 1884, which George and his family retained until 1971.