Teviot Falls Explained

Teviot Falls
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Map:Queensland
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Coordinates:-28.2277°N 152.4822°W
Location:Scenic Rim, Queensland, Australia
Type:Plunge
Height:[1]
Number Drops:1
Watercourse:Teviot Brook

The Teviot Falls is a plunge waterfall on Teviot Brook in Carneys Creek, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] [3]

Location and features

The falls are part of the Scenic Rim and are located near the town of . The falls descend [1] from the McPherson Range near Wilsons Peak, north of the Queensland/New South Wales border.[4] The falls may be viewed via accessing a sealed road up the range towards Teviot Gap, also known as The Head.

Four other waterfalls are located in the area surrounding Killarney, including the Queen Mary Falls, Daggs Falls, Browns Falls and Upper Browns Falls.

Etymology

The naming of the falls is derived from the naming of Teviot Brook on 6 August 1828 by Allan Cunningham, a botanist and explorer, after the River Teviot, Roxburghshire, Scotland.[3] [5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daggs Falls. World of Waterfalls. Johnny T. Cheng. 9 May 2008. 18 May 2014. 19 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519153548/http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/australia-daggs-falls.html. live.
  2. Web site: 1976 . Parish of Alford . 3 February 2024 . . Map.
  3. 3 February 2024.
  4. RACQ. Gold Coast Northern Rivers. 12. 1998. QDM10.
  5. Book: Steele, J. G. . The explorers of the Moreton Bay District 1770-1830 . . 1972 . Brisbane . 251, 270 . registration.