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. Structure The elected council consists of a mayor and six councillors. Noosa Shire does not have divisional electoral boundaries. Current council members Towns and localities The Shire of Noosa includes the following settlements: Greater Noosa: Castaways Beach Noosa Heads Noosaville Sunrise Beach Sunshine Beach Tewantin Coastal Region: Como1 Marcus Beach Noosa National Park Noosa North Shore Peregian Beach2 Teewah Hinterland: Black Mountain Boreen Boreen Point Cooran Cooroibah Cooroy Cooroy Mountain Cootharaba Doonan2 Eerwah Vale2 Federal Kin Kin Lake Macdonald Pinbarren Pomona Ridgewood Ringtail Creek Tinbeerwah 1 - includes part of Great Sandy National Park 2 - shared with Sunshine Coast Region Population Chairmen and mayors of Noosa ShireElected by fellow councillors: 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)Directly elected: William Ferguson (1921–1927) 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 (1980–1988) Noel Playford (1988–1997) Bob Abbot (1997–2008) For mayor during amalgamation (2008–2013) see: Sunshine Coast Region'' Noel Playford (2014–2016) Tony Wellington (2016–2020) Clare Stewart (2020–present) Culture The Noosa Film Festival was held in Noosa between 2 and 8 September in 1999. 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