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  • 2001-2005

    2001-2005

    Mater opens new children's hospitals

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  • 2006-2013

    2006-2013

    Mater celebrates a century of exceptional care, and continues expansion beyond Mater Hill with the opening of several Mater Health Centres.

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  • 2014-2015

    2014-2015

    Mater bids farewell to Mater Children's Hospital; and looks to the future with the 15th anniversary of Mater Research and the opening of the Mater Centre for Neurosciences and Mater Private Hospital Springfield.

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  • 2016

    2016

    The Whitty building is transformed into a world-class health education precinct; and Mater continues to lead the way with groundbreaking surgery for epilepsy and spina bifida.

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  • 2018

    2018

    A new chapter begins, with Mater repositioned as a group incorporating health, education and research for a healthy community.

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  • 2021

    2021

    Construction of Mater Hospital Springfield began in 2021 as part of a significant public-private partnership between Mater and the Queensland Government.

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  • 2023

    2023

    The Mater Convent, home to the Sisters of Mercy since 1926, was repurposed as Catherine’s House, Queensland’s first dedicated perinatal mental health facility.

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  • 2025

    2025

    In 2025, Mater began construction on a $40 million expansion of Mater Private Hospital Townsville Pimlico campus.

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Mater would like to acknowledge Helen Gregory, author of Expressions of Mercy. Mater has used information, as appropriate, from this publication to support the creation of this content.