Amity, New Farm
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| Location | 101 Welsby Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′50″S 153°03′04″E / 27.4639°S 153.0512°ECoordinates: 27°27′50″S 153°03′04″E / 27.4639°S 153.0512°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1892 - c. 1900 |
| Built for | Thomas Welsby |
| Official name: Amity | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600264 |
| Significant period | 1892-1941 (fabric) 1890s-1940s, 1980-1994 (historical) |
| Significant components | garden/grounds, kitchen/kitchen house, basement / sub-floor, lead light/s, fence/wall - perimeter, flood marker, gate - entrance, terracing, garden edging/balustrades/planter boxes, garage, paving, residential accommodation - main house, views to, views from, flagpole/flagstaff |
 Location of Amity in Queensland
Location of Amity in Queensland
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Amity is a heritage-listed detached house at 101 Welsby Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1892 to c. 1900. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Amity is a single-storeyed timber residence fronting the Bulimba Reach of the Brisbane River at New Farm. The house was built in 1892 for Thomas Welsby (1858-1941), a prominent Brisbane businessman, politician, historian and sportsman.
Thomas Welsby was born at Ipswich in November 1858 and educated at John Scott's School in Ipswich and Ipswich Boys Grammar School. He worked for the Bank of New South Wales and in Brisbane before leaving to practise as a public accountant, trustee and auditor in 1884. He became a member of the , operated a shipping partnership and audited the Brisbane Municipal Council accounts in 1893.
He was a member of the Booroodabin Divisional Board in 1893-1902 (chairman 1897-1900), and chairman of the New Farm State School committee in 1899-1908. He was instrumental in the formation of the Engineering Supply Company of Australia in 1903, was a director of the Royal Bank of Queensland, and had interests with Sir Robert Philp (Premier of Queensland 1899-1903 and 1907–08) in mining and with GC Willocks, a railway contractor. Welsby was also a trustee for the Mount Garnet railway debentureholders (1901–15), and chairman of Queensland Brewery Ltd (1907–19).
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