page_title: Mater Group
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mater Group / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Wedding guests of Miss Perkins and Mr Randall McDonnell in the grounds of Aubigny, at North Quay, Brisbane, 1897
context_page_description: Mater Group was formed in 2016 by aligning Mater Health, Mater Education, Mater Research and Mater Foundation under a single, unified banner. Mater provides care for some 500,000 patients each year. Mater was established in 1906 by the Sisters of Mercy. In 2002, Mater became an incorporated body, charged with the responsibility to continue the Mission of the Sisters of Mercy to "offer compassionate service to the sick and needy.”
context_section_description: The first Mater Hospital opened in a private house, "Aubigny", at North Quay in 1906.  The house was converted into a 20-bed private hospital. In 1911, the funds generated by the first Mater Private Hospital, and its successor at South Brisbane, allowed the Sisters of Mercy to open a free public hospital for the city of Brisbane.
  In 1931, the Mater Children's Hospital was opened treating over 8,266 patients in its first year of operation.  The Mater Mothers’ Hospital was officially opened in 1960 accommodating for 140 mothers.
caption: Aubigny, at North Quay, Brisbane, 1897, before it was used as the first Mater Hospital
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