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Memorial in Jandakot airport, perth WA to "The Sugar Bird Lady", Robin Miller Dicks. Taken by me SeanMack.

Robin Miller Dicks (1940-1975) was a Flying Nurse Pilot whose work for the Aborigines gained her the name of ‘Sugarbird Lady’. She was only 35 when she died of cancer [1]
Date 29 January 2006 (according to Exif data)
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Author SeanMack

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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY

OF ROBIN MILLER DICKS

1940-1975

NURSE. AVIATRIX. R.F.D.C. PILOT.

WHO USED THE MOONEY SUPER 21 AIRCRAFT

VH-REM

IN HER FAMOUS ANTI-POLIOMYELITIS FLIGHTS

THROUGHTOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF W.A.

BECOMING WIDELY KNOWN AND LOVED

AS

"THE SUGAR-BIRD-LADY."

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