Mary Emelia Mayne

Mary Emelia Mayne (31 December 1858 – 12 August 1940),[1] was an Australian philanthropist.

James and Mary Emelia Mayne became the principal benefactors of the University of Queensland giving it 280 hectares of land at Pinjarra Hills for agricultural education in 1923.

Mary Emelia Mayne died in the Mater Misericordiae Private Hospital (run by the Sisters of Mercy who also controlled her school, All Hallows') during World War II on 12 August 1940.

Their chief assets were listed as the prestigious Brisbane Arcade, the Regent Building,[4] and Moorlands.

Identical wills provided that the estates be applied in perpetuity for the university's medical school.