Robin Elizabeth Miller was born on 8 September 1940 in Subiaco, Perth. Her mother was the writer
Dame Mary Durack, and her father was an aviator, Captain
Horrie Miller. After obtaining a private pilot licence and a commercial flying licence while training as a nurse, she approached the
Western Australian Department of Health to ask permission to fly to northern Western Australia to carry out a vaccination programme. Miller died of
cancer on 7 December 1975 in South Perth, aged 35. Following her death, her husband set up a
A$50,000 memorial foundation to help nurses acquire flying licences. She is remembered fondly in
Perth, Western Australia; as well as the large memorial in
Jandakot Airport, there is also a seminar room in the
Royal Perth Hospital named after her, in addition to a road at
Perth Airport: Sugarbird Lady Road. ==Quotes==