Shire of Noosa#Culture

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The Noosa Hinterland was formed during the Oligocene era around 25-30 million years ago when volcanic activity created the ranges. By the beginning of the Neolithic era, Noosa's coast experienced a change in sea level rises when its beaches and waterways began to take shape.

The Noosa area was originally home to several Aboriginal groups. They primarily include the Undumbi tribe to the south, the Dulingbara to the north, and the Kabi Kabi (or Gabbi Gabbi) to the west.

Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/13|title=Gubbi Gubbi|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}

In 2003, the Federal Court of Australia determined (title claim QC2013/003) that the native title holders for the Noosa area are the Kabi Kabi First Nation.{{cite web |title=Native Title Applications and Determination Areas |url=http://www.nntt.gov.au/Maps/QLD_Southern_and_Western_NTDA_Schedule.pdf |access-date=25 May 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001918/http://www.nntt.gov.au/Maps/QLD_Southern_and_Western_NTDA_Schedule.pdf |url-status=live }}

Although much of the culture and presence of the traditional owners of the Noosa district has been lost during the short period of white settlement, there still exist many subtle reminders. They include:

• bora rings, used during rituals.
• canoe trees, marks on trees where bark was removed for canoes.
• border/navigation trees, marks on trees used to mark paths and/or tribal borders.
• stone carvings
• burial trees
• middens, shell mound created by thousands of years of discarded shells.
• stone axes
• spoken legends, many local legends which were traditionally passed through the generations survive today.
• place names, many local names are versions of the original Aboriginal names.

It is widely accepted that the name Noosa comes from the local Aboriginal word "Noothera" or "Gnuthuru", in the Kabi Kabi language, for shadow or shady place.{{cite web |last=Potter |first=Ron |title=Place Names of South-East Queensland |url=http://www.dovenetq.net.au/~piula/Placenames/page49.html |access-date=25 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816081404/http://www.dovenetq.net.au/~piula/Placenames/page49.html |archive-date=16 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }} However this is unlikely as a 1870 map of Noosa by Royal Navy captain and marine surveyor George Poynter Heath shows the Noosa River written as Nusa River {{cite web |last=Fesl |first=Eve |author-link=Eve Fesl |title=Place Names of South-East Queensland (archive.org archived page) |url=http://www.gubbigubbi.com/discography.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111322/http://www.gubbigubbi.com/discography.html |access-date=21 January 2023|archive-date=6 March 2019 }} and a notice to mariners published 1873 refers to Nusa Head and the Nusa River in Laguna Bay. {{cite web |title=Rockhampton Bulletin 9th September 1873 | newspaper=Rockhampton Bulletin | date=9 September 1873 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51804984?searchTerm=nusa%20river |access-date=21 January 2023 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121073129/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51804984?searchTerm=nusa%20river |url-status=live }} Nusa is the Indonesian word for island. The Noosa River contains Makepeace Island, Sheep Island and Goat Island. Laguna Bay was previously known as Nusa Bay and Lagoona Bay.{{cite web |title=The Brisbane Courier 20 Jul February 1866 | newspaper=Brisbane Courier | date=20 July 1866 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1271415?searchTerm=nusa%20river |access-date=21 January 2023 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121080005/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1271415?searchTerm=nusa%20river |url-status=live }}

A Keeping Place of indigenous cultural and sacred objects is maintained at the Noosa Shire Museum, Pomona.

Although reports of the area can be traced back to Captain Cook's voyages in May 1770, European settlement in the region did not proceed until almost a century later. The difficulty of transport in the region, which persisted to the 1920s and beyond, was one major reason for that. European settlement was initially driven by timber logging, and then by a gold rush in the Gympie area, north of Noosa.

In 1871, the Government laid out a port at Tewantin. The surrounding land was duly surveyed and, by 1877, contained two hotels, a boarding house, school, police station and telegraph office. In 1872, the Noosa Heads and coastal region south to Peregian Beach was set aside as an Aboriginal Mission, but that was cancelled in 1878, and land was opened for selection on 15 January 1879. With the construction of the North Coast Railway inland from Tewantin, the port declined in importance after 1890.{{cite web |url=http://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/docs/CommGuide05PartD.pdf |title=Noosa Community Guide - 2005 and Beyond (5th ed.) |author=Noosa Council |year=2005 |pages=44–57 |access-date=25 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724202653/http://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/docs/CommGuide05PartD.pdf |archive-date = 24 July 2008}}

Noosa is a region, not a town. It contains beaches and a beach national park, the cleanest river in South-East Queensland and an extensive trail network inland, linking a number of lifestyle villages, including Cooroy and Pomona. In the last 50 years, Noosa has been transformed from an isolated fishing village to a tourist destination. Although that has had its costs, the shire is known for its generally greener approach to development. Most development in Noosa has been restrained. There are no high-rise buildings, due both to local community pressure and to council planning action, and much remaining native forest. 34.8% of the Noosa district consists of National Parks, Conservation Parks, State Forests, and other generally protected land, including parts of the biosphere reserve.

One of the reasons for the popularity of Noosa Heads is that it is one of the few north-facing beaches on Australia's east coast, hence Noosa Beach is relatively protected from the prevailing on-shore wind and from storms.

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The area was originally incorporated on 11 November 1879, under the Divisional Boards Act 1879, as part of the Widgee Divisional Board. Noosa was created as a separate shire in 1910, under the Local Authorities Act 1902, with an initial population of 2,000. The first elections were held on 22 April 1910 and resulted in James Duke becoming the first shire chairman. The Noosa Shire Hall was constructed in Pomona in 1911.

On 8 September 1917, an Honour Roll was unveiled at the Noosa Shire Hall in Pomona, to commemorate those from the district who had left Australia to serve in the armed forces during World War I.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81861529 |title=The Chronicle. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. Nambour, Friday, Sept. 11, 1917. |date=14 September 1917 |newspaper=Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |issue=724 |location=Queensland, Australia |volume=XIV |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304233714/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81861529 |url-status=live }}

In the early 1970s, with Queensland Government backing, development commenced in the area around Noosa Sound. In December 1980, the shire headquarters moved to Pelican Street, Tewantin. The former shire hall in Pomona became the Noosa Museum, operated by the Cooroora Historical Society.{{Cite web |url=http://www.noosamuseum.org.au/pomona.html |title=Pomona |website=Noosa Museum |publisher=Cooroora Historical Society |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229024148/http://www.noosamuseum.org.au/pomona.html |archive-date=29 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au/1950-1999|title=Timeline of Noosa: 1950 - 1999|website=Noosa Library Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027065138/https://www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au/1950-1999|archive-date=27 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=27 October 2017}}

In 1982, the Noosa community elected a pro-environment and pro-planning council. The Councillors who were most influential in that change were elected in a group called The Resident's Team.New faces for Noosa, 30 March, p. 2. They laid the foundation for many of the planning and environmental-protection concepts for which Noosa is now well known.Shaw, D., (1982), Council takes new directions, Noosa Citizen, 28 April 2082, p.1 The 1982-1985 Noosa Council was the first to introduce the idea of a development/population cap. This idea was initially proposed by the Council’s first full time resident Town Planner, Alan Simes in September 1984.Noosa Shire Council; (1984) Draft Strategic Plan: for public comment; Part A: Statement of Objectives and Implementation Criteria; and Part B: Supporting Information; September, p. 6. The 1982-1985 Noosa Council created draft development control plans for Hastings Street, Noosa Junction and Tewantin. These draft development control plans had a major focus on development in Noosa maintaining and enhancing the character of Noosa.See for instance, Jackson, Teece, Chesterman Willis and Partners, (1984), Hastings Street Development Control Plan Report, for Noosa Shire Council, p. 140; Gloster, M. (1997), The Shaping of Noosa, Noosa Blue Publishing Group, p43. The 1982-1985 Council also introduced a focus on community arts,Noosa News, (1982), Council approves arts appointment, 17 December, p.3. and the use of design and landscape controls in development applications.Noosa Shire Council, (1986) Design Manual, February; Levey, E., (1986), Design manual adopted, Noosa News, p. 1. The business lobby, supported by several local media personalities, were successful in replacing that council with a pro-development one in the 1985 electionGloster, M. (1997), The Shaping of Noosa, Noosa Blue Publishing Group, p44 and pp.46-47. but the pro-development council was, in turn, largely removed by the Noosa community in 1988, at the next election.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

In 1995, mayor Noel Playford announced a "population cap" of 56,500 people for Noosa Shire, based on the initial concepts proposed during the 1982-1985 Council term by resident Town Planner Alan Simes .{{cite web |last=Winsbury |first=John |title=If the cap fits - can we wear it? |url=https://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/2187 |access-date=25 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415113941/http://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/2187 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }} The population cap was the expected population under the planning scheme if all available land was developed in accordance with it. Noosa council had performed the calculation for all land in the shire and provided the results in strategic planning documents. Noosa was the first council in Australia to do so.{{cite web |last=Summers |first=Paul |title=Population Cap or Not? |access-date=25 May 2016 |url=http://www.paulsummersplanning.com.au/Presentations&Publications_files/Documents/PopulationCaporNot.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311172914/http://www.paulsummersplanning.com.au/Presentations%26Publications_files/Documents/PopulationCaporNot.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007, passed by the Parliament of Queensland in August 2007, the Shire of Noosa was merged with the Shire of Maroochy and the City of Caloundra to form the Sunshine Coast Region. Noosa's mayor, Bob Abbot, won the mayoralty of the new council over Maroochy's Joe Natoli, with 70% of the combined vote.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/15/2190566.htm|title=Abbot claims Sunshine Coast mayor crown|date=15 March 2008|work=ABC Online|access-date=25 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418174156/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/15/2190566.htm|archive-date=18 April 2008|df=dmy-all}} The amalgamation occurred despite the 2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscite in Noosa Shire, conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission, in which 95% of voters rejected amalgamation.{{cite web |title="Australian Electoral Commission 2007 Results of plebiscites on council amalgamations" |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/Advisory_Referendums/qld_council_2007/results.htm |access-date=25 May 2016 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610162226/http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/Advisory_Referendums/qld_council_2007/results.htm |url-status=live }}

In 2012, following a change of state government, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Noosa from the Sunshine Coast Region.{{cite web |title=Proposal regarding the de-amalgamation of Noosa |url=http://www.dlg.qld.gov.au/resources/report/local-government/bc/noosa-proposal.pdf |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428114424/http://www.dlg.qld.gov.au/resources/report/local-government/bc/noosa-proposal.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }} On 9 March 2013, 81% of Noosa residents voted to de-amalgamate Noosa from the Sunshine Coast Region.{{cite web |title=Noosa Area De-amalgamation Poll - Noosa - Poll Area Summary |url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/NOOSA/results/district65.html |publisher=Electoral Commission Queensland |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512060549/http://ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/NOOSA/results/district65.html |archive-date=12 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }} On 18 March 2013, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council decided its new planning scheme should not apply to those areas that were part of the former Noosa Shire (different attitudes to planning and developments having been a major objection by residents of Noosa Shire to the amalgamation).{{cite news |url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/council-votes-separate-noosa-and-sunshine-coast-pl/1797581/ |title=Council votes to separate Noosa and Sunshine Coast planning |newspaper=Sunshine Coast Daily |date=19 March 2013 |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=22 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322031146/http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/council-votes-separate-noosa-and-sunshine-coast-pl/1797581/ |url-status=live }}

The Shire of Noosa was re-established on 1 January 2014,{{cite web |title=De-amalgamation |url=http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au/bc/ |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826155025/http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au/bc |archive-date=26 August 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|title=Local Government (De-amalgamation Implementation) Regulation 2013|url=https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/L/LocalGovDeamallmpR13.pdf|work=Local Government Act 2009|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=14 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526200010/http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/L/LocalGovDeamallmpR13.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2013|df=dmy-all}} and the new councillors and mayor were sworn in the next day. In attendance were Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and member for Wide Bay, as well as David Gibson, Member for Gympie. The ceremony was followed by the first meeting of the council, held at the Cooroy Memorial Hall, Cooroy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/crowd-watches-noosa-shire-council-sworn-in/2129408/|title=Crowd watches Noosa Shire Council sworn in|date=3 January 2014|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|access-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217054817/https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/crowd-watches-noosa-shire-council-sworn-in/2129408/|archive-date=17 December 2017|url-status=live}}

The Shire of Noosa includes the following settlements:

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Greater Noosa:

• Castaways Beach
• Noosa Heads
• Noosaville
• Sunrise Beach
• Sunshine Beach
• Tewantin
• Tewantin National Park

Coastal Region:

• Como¹
• Marcus Beach
• Noosa National Park
• Noosa North Shore
• Peregian Beach²
• Teewah

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Hinterland:

• Black Mountain
• Boreen
• Boreen Point
• Cooran
• Cooroibah
• Cooroy
• Cooroy Mountain
• Cootharaba
• Doonan²
• Eerwah Vale²
• Federal
• Kin Kin
• Lake Macdonald
• Mount Pinbarren National Park
• Pinbarren
• Pomona
• Ridgewood
• Ringtail Creek
• Tinbeerwah
• Tuchekoi National Park
• West Cooroy National Park

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¹ - includes part of Great Sandy National Park

² - shared with Sunshine Coast Region

As of 2021, Noosa has a relatively older population, with a median age of 52, considerably higher than the national median of 38.5.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=Profile of Australia's population |url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/profile-of-australias-population#:~:text=Australia%27s%20population%20has%20grown%20older,17%25%20over%20the%20same%20period. |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |language=en-AU |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619043308/https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/profile-of-australias-population#:~:text=Australia%27s%20population%20has%20grown%20older,17%25%20over%20the%20same%20period. |url-status=live }} The majority of residents, 71.7%, are Australian-born, while 14.2% were born in the United Kingdom. Noosa's residents are primarily English-speaking, with 90.9% speaking only English at home.{{Cite web |title=People & Lifestyle Noosaville Qld 4566 |url=https://www.microburbs.com.au/People-Lifestyle/Noosaville |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.microburbs.com.au |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619095313/https://www.microburbs.com.au/People-Lifestyle/Noosaville |url-status=live }} With regard to education, 22.3% of the population hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and 26.2% of the community volunteer for a group or organisation, suggesting a high level of community engagement. The residents of Noosa enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, with a median weekly household income of $1,256, higher than the national median.{{Cite web |title=Affluence & Economy Noosaville Qld 4566 |url=https://www.microburbs.com.au/Affluence-Economy/Noosaville |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.microburbs.com.au |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619043307/https://www.microburbs.com.au/Affluence-Economy/Noosaville |url-status=live }}

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Noosa Shire Council consists of directly-elected mayor and six councillors. The council is unsubdivided.{{cite web|title=2013 Noosa Shire Council - Councillor Election|url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2013/NoosaShireCouncil/results/councillor/district1.html|publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland|access-date=16 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916060633/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2013/NoosaShireCouncil/results/councillor/district1.html|archive-date=16 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|last1=Howard|first1=Jonathon|title='No division' Noosa shire |url=http://noosa.starcommunity.com.au/stories/2014-06-19/no-division-noosa-shire/|access-date=16 September 2014|work=Star Community|date=19 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-date=16 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916060732/http://noosa.starcommunity.com.au/stories/2014-06-19/no-division-noosa-shire/}}

As of the 2024 election election, there are 44,127 enrolled voters in Noosa Shire.{{cite web |title=2024 Local Government Elections |url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/2024QLGE/052/primary |website=Electoral Commission Queensland |date=July 2019 |access-date=18 March 2024 |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318023521/https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/2024QLGE/052/primary |url-status=live }}

The current council, elected in 2024, is:

• James Duke (1910–1911)
• Frank Conroy (1911–1914)
• Eugene von Blankensee (1914–1915)
• Alexander Chapman (1915–1916)
• Charles Livingstone (1916–1917)
• Alexander Parker (1917–1918)
• Alexander Chapman (1918–1919)
• Charles Crank (1919–1920)
• Alexander Parker (1920–1921)

• William Ferguson (1921–1927){{cite news|url=http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/mar/14/end-era/|title=The end of an era|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|date=14 March 2008|access-date=25 March 2008|archive-date=15 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915015457/http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/mar/14/end-era/|url-status=live}}
• Frederick Bryan (1927–1930)
• Charles Crank (1930–1939)
• William Ferguson (1939–1946)
• Robert McAnally (1946–1955)
• Victor Gee (1955–1958)
• S.T. (Stanley) Adams (1958–1964)
• Ian MacDonald (1964–1980)
• Bert Wansley {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (1980–1988)
• Noel Playford {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (1988–1997)
• Bob Abbot (1997–2008)
• For mayor during amalgamation (2008–2013) see: Sunshine Coast Region
• Noel Playford {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (2014–2016)
• Tony Wellington (2016–2020){{Cite web|url=https://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/NoosaShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|title=2016 Noosa Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary|website=results.ecq.qld.gov.au|access-date=4 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323165239/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/NoosaShireCouncil/results/Mayoral/summary.html|archive-date=23 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}
• Clare Stewart (2020–2024)
• Frank Wilkie (2024–present)

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The Noosa Film Festival was held in Noosa between 2 and 8 September in 1999.*[http://www.noosalongweekend.com/about.htm#history Noosa Longweekend Festival 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219001049/http://www.noosalongweekend.com/about.htm |date=19 February 2011 }}, Australia, 2010. A number of other festivals are also held in Noosa, including the Noosa Festival of Surfing.

Noosa Arts Theatre is a flourishing and widely reputed centre for performing arts in the area. As well as various other food and cultural festivals, each year Noosa boasts the Noosa Long Weekend Festival, a 10-day (and night) multi-arts genre cultural festival. Theatre, dance, music, food, film, supper clubs, workshops and more are featured as part of the program of free and ticketed events. The festival attracts over 10,000 people each year.

The recently developed J Centre in Noosa Heads has become another venue for live theatre and musical performances, as well as a secondary campus for the University of the Sunshine Coast.

The Noosa Country Show, established 1909, is a yearly event to showcase the shire's best cattle, horsemen etc. The show is held at the Pomona Showgrounds on the second weekend of every September.

The King of the Mountain is an annual festival and mountain challenge held in Pomona in the third week of July.

Pomona is also home to the Noosa Shire Museum, where European and indigenous history is displayed side by side, and The Majestic Theatre, a performing arts centre for the Noosa Northern Hinterland. An art gallery has been established in the old Pomona Railway Station.

The Shire of Noosa operates libraries in Noosaville and Cooroy.{{cite web|title=Noosa Libraries|publisher=Noosa Council|url=https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/libraries|access-date=19 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607021928/https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/libraries|archive-date=7 June 2017|df=dmy-all}} A mobile library service visits the following districts on a weekly schedule: Noosa Heads, Sunrise Beach, Cooran, Federal, Kin Kin, Boreen Point, Peregian Beach and Pomona.{{cite web|title=Noosa Mobile Library - Mobile Stops - Noosa Mobile Hours|publisher=Shire of Noosa|access-date=19 January 2018|url=https://www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au/mobile-libraries|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130140146/https://www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au/mobile-libraries|archive-date=30 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

• Noosa Biosphere Reserve
• Noosa Festival of Surfing
• Noosa Triathlon

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• {{cite book | author=Wells, Robin A. | title=In the Tracks of a Rainbow: Indigenous Culture and Legends of the Sunshine Coast | publisher=Gullirae Books | year=2003 | isbn=0-9580854-0-4}}
• {{cite book | author=Cato, Nancy | title=The Noosa Story: a study in unplanned development | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | year=1979 | isbn=0-7016-2635-6 | author-link=Nancy Cato}}
• {{cite book | author=Petrie, Tom | title=Tom Petrie's reminiscences of Early Queensland | publisher=Angus & Robertson Publishers | year=1904 | isbn=0-207-14629-2}}

• [http://www.noosa.qld.gov.au Noosa Shire Council Home].
• [http://www.thedaily.com.au/noosanews/ Noosa News ] - Latest news, local stories and sport from Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
• [https://www.visitnoosa.com.au/ Official Tourism Noosa Website ] - News, history, accommodation, activities, events & visitor information
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225104511/http://www.noosaartstheatre.org.au/default.aspx Noosa Arts Theatre Official Website]
• [http://www.noosalongweekend.com/ Noosa Longweekend Annual Event Official Website]
• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51804984?searchTerm=nusa%20river National Library of Australia Trove Archive o]

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