Landmarks
This chronology is indicative only.
Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline on this site.
Beginnings
1961 Paul Ramsay turns Mosman guesthouse into Sydney psychiatric hospital
1962 CBN-8 Orange launched
1964 Henderson launches RVN-2 Wagga as ATN-7 affiliate
1964 AMV-4 Albury-Wodonga launched
1964 Ramsay establishes Ramsay Health Care
1965 NEN-9 Upper Namoi (Tamworth) launched
1965 ECN-8 Taree launched
1965 CWN6 Central Western Slopes launched as relay from CBN-8
1965 MTN-9 Griffith launched
1971 RVN-2 and AMV-4 merge as Riverina & North East Victoria Television Service Pty Ltd
1978 Ramsay establishes Baringa Private Hospital in Coffs Harbour
1986 merger of RVN/AMV and Midstate (Dubbo, Orange, Griffith) to form 'The Prime Network
1993 Ramsay Health Care buys Commonwealth government's Hollywood repatriation hospital, becomes Hollywood Private Hospital
1993 Ramsay takes company private
1995 buys Greenslopes repatriation hospital, rebadged as Greenslopes Private Hospital
1996 buys Golden West television network
Expansion offshore
1997 Ramsay floats Ramsay Health Care
1997 Prime buys stake in Buenos Aires Canal 9 station and TV Azul for $US147m
1998 Prime Television New Zealand launched
1999 Ramsay Health Care and Lend Lease selected as preferred tenderer to build, own and operate new public hospital at Mildura
1999 forms joint venture with Mayne Nickless
2000 sells Flinders Private Hospital in Adelaide for $41.7m
2001 Ramsay Health Care buys Alpha Healthcare group
2001 Prime sells TV Azul stake for $67.5m
2001 Prime announces joint venture with Packer's Nine Network about programming and promotion of Prime New Zealand
2002 Ramsay Health Care buys Lake Macquarie Private Hospital from the Medical Benefits Fund of Australia
2002 buys Calvary Cairns Hospital (renamed Cairns Private Hospital) from Diocese of Cairns
2003 Ramsay Health Care buys Silver Circle
2003 Ramsay Youth Services Inc acquired by Psychiatric Solutions, Inc