Mater Mothers' Hospital fete | Mater throughout history | Mater Mothers' | 1955
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Channel: Mater · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism
The original Mater Mothers' Hospital was an ambitious project with the aim to provide exceptional care throughout every stage of life, from birth to death. Financing a new maternity hospital was to be the sole responsibility of the Sisters of Mercy and a lengthy period of fundraising commenced. Fundraising activities, such as bottle and rag drives, Mater fetes such as the one featured in this video, chocolate wheels, fashion parades and raffles attracted a wide support base. Today, almost 10 000 babies are born at Mater Mothers' Hospitals every year. Mater welcomes a new baby into the world for every 32 births in Australia—that's one in every seven Queenslanders.
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