• Source: Shire of Esk

The Shire of Esk was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west - northwest of Brisbane. It stretched from the Lockyer Valley north and west to the Great Dividing Range and up the valley of the Brisbane River. Esk covered an area of 3,936.2 square kilometres (1,519.8 sq mi), and existed from 1879 until its merger with the Shire of Kilcoy to form the Somerset Region on 15 March 2008.




History



The Durundur Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1428. Its name was changed to Esk Division on 2 June 1880 by proclamation.
On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between Highfields Division's subdivisions Nos. 1 and 2 and Esk Division.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Esk became a Shire on 31 March 1903. The council consisted of an elected mayor and ten councillors, and was not subdivided.
In 1980, the Council of the Shire of Esk adopted the head of the red deer as its logo, honouring a gift from Queen Victoria in September 1873 to the district. In 1984 the official logo was adopted. 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.




Towns and localities


The Shire of Esk included the following settlements:




Population






Chairmen and Mayors


March 1880 - December 1885: Frederick Lord
January 1886 - March 1888: James Henry McConnel
March 1888 - February 1889: Frederick Lord
February 1889 - February 1891: Thomas Pryde
February 1891 - February 1893: Frederick Lord
February 1893 - February 1894: George Charles Taylor
February 1894 - February 1896: Patrick Clifford
February 1896 - February 1899: James Henry McConnel
March 1899 - February 1901: Walter Francis
March 1901 - January 1902: Henry Plantagenet Somerset
February 1902 - February 1905: Walter Francis
March 1905 - February 1906: Alexander Smith
February 1906 - February 1907: Charles Stuart Lord (son of Frederick Lord)
February 1907 - February 1908: Frederick Seib
February 1908 - February 1909: John MacDonald
February 1909 - February 1910: Alexander Smith
February 1910 - February 1911: Charles George Handley
February 1911 - February 1912: Alexander Smith
March 1913 - May 1914: James Henry McConnel
May 1914 - July 1914: Alexander Smith
July 1914 - March 1915: Herbert Prescott Gardner
March 1915 - March 1916: Eric Walter McConnel
March 1916 - February 1917: Alexander Smith
February 1917 - January 1919: George Bishop
January 1919 - February 1920: William Roy Butler
February 1920 - August 1921: Michael Frederick Thompson
August 1921 - April 1930: Alexander Smith
April 1930 - August 1940: William Lewis
1940 - July 1952: James Barbour, junior
September 1952 - 1961: William Wells
1961 - 1967: Norman Joseph McInnes
1967 - September 1983: Kenneth Edgar Haslindgden
October 1983 - c. 1987: Lester Joseph Williams

1991–2004: Jean Bray
2004–2007: Graeme Lehmann; after amalgamation continued as Mayor of Somerset Region




References






Further reading


Kerr, Ruth (1988). Confidence and tradition : a history of the Esk Shire. Esk Shire Council. ISBN 978-0-7316-1568-1. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019.




External links


University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Esk Shire
"Esk Shire Council (archived at amalgamation)". Archived from the original on 18 February 2008.

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