Robin Miller was known as the SugarBird Lady. She single handedly helped to eradicate the polio virus in Western Australia by administering the vaccine on sugar cubes and flying it into remote parts of the state.

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Sources:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dicks-robin-elizabeth-10016

https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/medicine/display/93353-robin-miller-dicks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Miller_(nurse)

https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/news/sugar-bird-lady/

https://maureenhelen.com/poliomyelitis-epidemics-in-western-australia/

Links to other things mentioned:

https://www.netflix.com/title/80025678

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