Teviot Brook is a waterway in

South East Queensland South East Queensland (SEQ) is a Bioregion, bio-geographical, Megalopolis, metropolitan and Statistics, statistical Regions of Queensland, region of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of ...

, Australia. It rises in the Main Range at Carneys Creek and joins the

Logan River The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region ...

at Cedar Grove. It is part of the

Clarence Moreton Basin The Clarence Moreton Basin is a Mesozoic sedimentary basin on the easternmost part of the Australian continent. It is located in the far north east of the state of New South Wales around Lismore and Grafton and in the south east corner of Q ...

, a sedimentary basin on the easternmost part of the Australian continent. The catchment experiences strong seasonality with heavy rainfall in summer and a dry winter. Teviot Brook passes through the town of

Boonah Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,557 people. Geography The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Ra ...

and

Mount Alford The Helliwell Hills () are a group of rocky hills and low mountains about long and wide in the Usarp Mountains of North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Location The Helliwell Hills are part of the Usarp Mountains of North Victoria Land, Antarctica ...

. Close to its mouth, Teviot Brook is crossed by the

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History

It was named on 6 August 1828 by Allan Cunningham, a botanist and explorer, after the

River Teviot The River Teviot (; ), or Teviot Water, is a river of the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and is the largest tributary of the River Tweed by catchment area. The Teviot is an important river for wildlife, especially the Atlantic salmon, but ...

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, Scotland. A plaque commemorating the naming is found at Coulson School in Coulson. In 2011, the

Wyaralong Dam The Wyaralong Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with an un-gated spillway across the Teviot Brook that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the Scenic ...

was opened. It dams the Teviot Brook between Allenview and Wyaralong at the southern end of the

Flinders Peak Group The Flinders Peak Group is an unnamed range of hills located on the northern edge of the Scenic Rim Region, south west of Logan City and south east of the City of Ipswich in South East Queensland, Australia. The Summit (topography), summit in ...

Management

The state government is working with landholders in the catchment to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff. Other restoration programs along the river aim to control weeds, restore native vegetation and stabilise eroding banks.

References

{{Rivers of Queensland Scenic Rim Region Rivers of Queensland Logan City