Teviot Brook is a waterway in
South East Queensland
South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. Th ...
, Australia. It rises in the Main Range at
Carneys Creek and joins the
Logan River
The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in Sout ...
at
Cedar Grove. It is part of the
Clarence Moreton Basin, 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 and
Mount Alford. Close to its mouth, Teviot Brook is crossed by the
Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor.
History
It was named on 6 August 1828 by
Allan Cunningham, a botanist and explorer, after the
River Teviot,
Roxburghshire, Scotland.
A plaque commemorating the naming is found at Coulson School in
Coulson.
In 2011, the
Wyaralong Dam was opened. It dams the Teviot Brook between
Allenview and
Wyaralong at the southern end of the
Flinders Peak Group.
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