Noosa Christian College is a co-educational primary and secondary college, located in Cooroy, near Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The College is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its sister college, Northpine Christian College, is located in Dakabin, Queensland, approximately 1 hour south of Cooroy.
Principal Ross Reid established the school in 2003. It has grown into a P-12 school with a one-to-one laptop program for the high school. In 2011, the school celebrated its first graduation of a year 12 class.
During the 2011 year, the Hon John Hogg, Senator for Queensland and President of the Senate, Australian Government, officially opened a new A$2,000,000 Library funded entirely by the Australian Government Building Education Revolution (BER) Scheme. Noosa Christian College is one of 55 Adventist schools in Australia. These Adventist schools have received A$100 million as part of the Australian government's education modernization program.
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