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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, 1955Views of Noosa River and Weyba Creek, ca 1954Double Bass Players, Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads Tait Duke cottage moving to Earl Street, Wallace Park, Eumundi Road, Noosaville, 22 October 2015Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 16 October 2007Attendees, Opening, 'What's up Sunshine?' exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, 15 June 2017Roslyn Vanderwolf and parents, Gazebo Room, Boolarong Motel, Alexandra Headlands, September 1973Noosa Aerodrome, Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, 1980sLa Balsa expedition crew, media conference, November 1970

Junction Noosa Hill and Alexandria Bay walking tracks, Noosa National Park, 1955 Boat plans, 'Jannett', Brisbane, ca 1911Delivery preparations, 'John Waddams' rescue boat, Coast Guard Noosa QF5, 21 January 2003Toilets, House of Bottles, Myles Street Tewantin, with Big Stubby at rear, 1969 Flooding, Gibson Road, Noosaville, 26 February 2022Doug Tainsh, Launch of Emma Freeman's 'Hastings Street', Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, ca April 2005Boat launch, Rob Jeffs, Noosa River, Noosaville, ca 1960sTeam photo, Cooran Football Club, Cooran, 1929Delce Poole and Emma FreemanFoundation preparation, Baptist Church Manse, 23 Koel Street, Noosaville, 21 March 1981Views south to Alexandra Headland, October 1971Pam Dunstan, 21st birthday cake, Cooroy, 1953Dwelling interior, 37 Moorindil Street, Tewantin, 9 December 2013Sailing, Noosa River, NoosavilleGerman Sea Mine, Tewantin-Noosa RSL War Memorial Park, TewantinJohn Bowkett, 'Wall of Flame', waterskiing exhibition, Festival of Waters, Noosa River, Noosaville, 2 September 1972Sunshine Powdered Milk float, Gympie Centenary Procession, Gympie, 14 October 1967Band member, Kin Kin, 1980sAerial view Weyba Creek and Noosa Heads Noosa Heads, ca 1980sRichard Hansen, Master of Ceremonies, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Dwelling interior, 37 Moorindil Street, Tewantin, 9 December 201350 Years Celebrations, QCWA Members, ca 1990sChildren's area, Noosaville Library, Wallace Park, Noosaville, ca mid-1990sJohns Landing Campground, 118 Johns Road, Cooroibah, 22 November 2017Crowds and sailing competitors, Festival of Waters, Noosaville, 11 October 1959Construction, rock sea wall, Noosa Main Beach, Noosa Heads, May 1969Pomona Talkie Company page from account book in Account Current with the English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited, Pomona, February 1950 Denise RobertsPicnickers, Cooroy State School, Cooroy, 9 December 1909Woman and dog , Noosa HeadsKerri Contini (Manager, Libraries & Galleries), Charlie Eames (Manager, Community Facilities), Greg Tucker (Home Assist Secure Coordinator, Noosa Community Support) Noel Playford (Mayor, Noosa Shire Council) and Nadia Bowtell (Branch Librarian, NoosavilleSonny Chaplin, Stradbroke Island, 2 February 20015th Light Horse Memorial artwork installation, School Street, Pomona, 15 May 2020Spear fishermen, 1971Spectators, Remembrance Day, Looking Forward to Peace Event, Tewantin-Noosa RSL Memorial Park, Tewantin, 11 November 2018Richard and Donny Dunstan (l-r), Noosa River, Tewantin, Christmas 1932Reflections, Lake Cootharaba, Boreen Point, 10 September 2025Aerial view, Noosa River mouth and Bar, Noosa Heads, 23 April 2005Sailing, Noosa River, NoosavilleNew Year's Eve party, Kirriwina Motel and Caravan Park, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, 31 December 1969Noosa Country Show, Pomona, 10 September 2022

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