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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, 1955Laguna Bay, Noosa Heads, ca 1930sNoosa River, Tewantin, 29 August 1971Atropica Leisurettes (flats), Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, ca 1970Location map, Noosa Gardens, Noosa HeadsMare and foal, Weyba Ranch, Sunset Drive, Noosa HeadsPam Grice, Everglades Cruises, Noosa River, 1980sMarcia Dorricott, President Legacy Laurel Club and Brenda McFeeters, Legacy Laurel Club, Remembrance Day, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Welcome to Country, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Members, Order of the Eastern Star, Cooroy, 1957Construction, rock sea wall, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, June/July 1969Fashion parade, Mayfair Arcade, Tewantin, 1973Mango tree and dwelling, Boreen Point, 8 September 1992Daytrippers, Noosa North Shore, 1948Driveway, 'Driftwood', Morwong Drive, Noosa Heads, 24 October 1967Boat bell mascot, 'Riva Minx', Noosa River, Noosaville, 5 November 2011Transporting  sugar cane, Maroochy River, Bli Bli, ca 1956Street views, Sobraon Street and Tingira Crescent, Sunrise BeachDenise Priddy and Rosie Cobby Michelle Hassam, water ballerina, waterskiing exhibition, Festival of Waters, Noosa River, Noosaville, 2 September 1972Noosa River, Noosa Heads, 28 March 2002Polly Greber Railway crossing, Cooroy, 1948Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 23 April 2005Tap performance, Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy, ca November 1952Sailors and boats, Noosa River, NoosavilleHeadwaters, Noosa River, Cooloola Wilderness Trail, Great Sandy National Park, August 1992Houses, Noosa HeadsView north,  Noosa Hill, Noosa Heads, October 1972Kevin Freeman, Brisbane, 1934Car racing, speedway meeting, Caboolture, 28 January 1973Tait's Royal Mail Hotel buggy with passengers at Cooroy Railway Station, Cooroy, 1910Pomona Hotel, Memorial Avenue,  Pomona, ca 1917Paul and Brett Suttle, with a 14lb 9oz flathead, Noosaville, October 1970Cooroy West Produce Display, Cooroy Show, Cooroy Show Society Grounds, Mary River Road, Cooroy, 1951Pelican, Noosa RiverFlooding, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 26 February 2022George Hay in foreground, construction, rock sea wall, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 2 May 1969Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club under construction, 142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 1993 - March 1994J. L. Boden's Store, Cnr Maple and Emerald Streets, Cooroy, ca 1905Signage, Noosa River Everglades, Noosa River, Cooloola, 11 February 2025Sue Griffiths and Bill Griffiths, Opening, 'What's up Sunshine?' exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 15 June 2017Ivy Lowe, Order of the Eastern Star Installation banquet, Tewantin, 23 November 1957Noosa boardwalk and seating, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, 17 March 2025Flooded boats, Noosa River, Tewantin, 26 February 2022Property Cnr Lake Weyba Drive and Weyba Road, Noosaville, ca 1958Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 7 August 2007RSL Hall opening, Tewantin, 29 August  1970Book signing, R.J.L. Adams, Noosa Horizon, Noosa Heads, ca 2004Boating Party, Noosa River, Tewantin,1922

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