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Teviot Brook
Closed road bridge over Teviot Brook at Kagaru, Queensland.jpg
Closed road bridge at Kagaru
Teviot Brook is located in Queensland
Teviot Brook
Location of the Teviot Brook mouth in Queensland
Native name Ickkaybin
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region South East Queensland
Local government areas Scenic Rim Region
Physical characteristics
Main source Scenic Rim
below Mount Roberts
28°10′06″S 152°33′22″E / 28.16833°S 152.55611°E / -28.16833; 152.55611
River mouth Logan River
east of Cedar Grove
31 m (102 ft)
27°50′36″S 152°56′46″E / 27.84333°S 152.94611°E / -27.84333; 152.94611
Basin features
National park Main Range National Park

Teviot Brook is a waterway in South East Queensland, Australia. It rises in the Main Range at Carneys Creek and joins the Logan River 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 cross 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.

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