Record ID:
58778635 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1940-08-08
Death:
  • 1975-12-07
Associated with:
  • Australia
Used for:
  • Sugarbird Lady, 1940-1975
  • Dicks, Robin Miller, 1940-1975
  • Miller, Robin Elizabeth, 1940-1975
Notes:
  • Flying nurse, 1971: title page (Robin Miller)
  • Wikipedia 8 March 2024: Robin Miller (nurse) (Robin Elizabeth Miller (born 8 September 1940 – 7 December 1975), known as "The Sugarbird Lady", was an Australian aviator and nurse. The name "The Sugarbird Lady" was given to her by outback Aboriginal children during her work combatting polio. She died of cancer at the age of 35. Robin Elizabeth Miller was born on 8 September 1940 in Subiaco, Perth. Her mother was the writer Dame Mary Durack. After obtaining a private pilot licence and a commercial flying licence while training as a nurse, she gained permission to fly to northern Western Australia to carry out a polio vaccination programme, administering the Sabin vaccine in sugar lumps. She later flew with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS). In 1973 she married Harold Dicks, the director of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and became Robin Miller Dicks. She died of cancer in South Perth. She is is regarded as an outstanding pilot both for her Western Australian work and for her international flights.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Miller_(nurse)
Local system number:
  • (AU-CaAIA)XX50475
Cataloguing source:
  • AIAS eng rda AIAS VJTL
Authentication code:
  • anuc