Cooroy-Noosa

Genealogical & Historical Research Group Inc.

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Laraine Mahoney Writing Competition

The Cooroy State School held its Graduation on Thursday 12th December for Year 6 students. There were many awards - for sport, academic, reading, leadership and writing.

In what will be an annual award for writing, the Cooroy-Noosa Genealogy and Local History Group presented the award with the topic being family history or local history.

The Laraine Mahoney Memorial Writing Award is presented in memory of a much loved member of both the Group and the Cooroy Book Club. She was a much loved teacher at the school for many years.

Bevan Mahoney, Ashleigh Milnes, Janet Garvey

The inaugural 2019 Year 6 Writing Award was presented to Ashleigh Milnes by Janet Garvey.

The Centenary Medal

Awarded to the Group for contributions to the preservation of local history. Celebrations at the Award ceremony

The Noosa Council assists community and not for profit groups by making funding available to assist with some of the general running costs. The benefit enables the Group to use its fundraising income to plan future projects for its members, visitors and the community. The Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical Group has been awarded a three year Community Alliance Grant for 2019 -2021.

The Group acknowledges and thanks Noosa Council for its support and its commitment to the many groups and community activities within the Council area.