Sugarbird Lady Award

Event details

  • Date: Friday 15 August 2025
  • Location: University of Notre Dame, Broome campus
  • Venue: University of Notre Dame (Broome)
  • Organizer: RAAFA WA

RAAFA WA presented the inaugural Sugarbird Lady Award to Broome nursing student Ellen Bermingham at the University of Notre Dame’s Broome campus — supporting her Royal Flying Doctor Service WA placement.

The award ($1,000, certificate, and a Robin Miller book) celebrates Robin Miller’s delivery of over 37,000 polio vaccine doses across the Pilbara and Kimberley. Celebrations included a commemorative landing of Mooney VH-RM at Broome Airport.