 The Weeping Bottlebrush was adopted as the shire's floral emblem on 10 August 1994.On 15 March 2008, under the "Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007" passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Esk merged with the Shire of Kilcoy to form the Somerset Region.The Shire of Esk included the following settlements