Teviot Range
| Teviot | |
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| Flinders Peak group | |
Teviot Range at Sunset, 2011
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Flinders Peak |
| Elevation | 679 m (2,228 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| Region | South East Queensland |
| Range coordinates | 27°55′S 152°45′E / 27.92°S 152.75°ECoordinates: 27°55′S 152°45′E / 27.92°S 152.75°E |
| Parent range | Scenic Rim |
The Teviot Range, also referred to as the Flinders Peak Group, is a mountain range 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 first Europeans to cross the range were Patrick Logan and his exploration party in June 1827. Most of the range remains naturally vegetated within a series of protected areas. Both the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate and the Flinders Peak Conservation Park are located along the Teviot Range.
The summit in the Range is Flinders Peak reaching 679 m above sea level. Other mountains include Mount Joyce, Mount Blaine, Mount Goolman, Mount Elliott, Mount Flintoff, Mount Welcome and Ivorys Rock. The range is visible from many locations around the Scenic Rim.
The southern-most mountain of the Range is Mount Joyce, which is separated from the Dugandan Range by Teviot Brook.
The local Ugarapul people call Flinder's Peak, Booroong'pah or Booroongapah. It is a sacred site because they believe that the powerful spirit, "Yurrangpul", lives there, and guards their traditions and sacred places. His name is similar to the local word for green tree frog: "Yurrang". The green tree frog is the totem of the Ugarapul people. Mount Blaine is known to the Ugarapul people as Ginginbaar, and the Ugarapul meaning for Goolman, used in Mount Goolman, is Axe.
Teviot Range derived its name after the River Teviot, Roxburghshire, Scotland, on 6 August 1828 by Allan Cunningham (1791–1839) botanist and explorer. The landforms of the Range derived their names as follows:
The Range drains into both the Bremer River Basin (sub-basin of Brisbane River Basin) and via Teviot Brook into the Logan River Basin (sub-basin of Logan-Albert River Basin). Teviot Brook is a major tributary of the Logan River that also supplies water to Wyaralong Dam.
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