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Show Notes
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
Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.
Produced by Sam Petersen
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