Gill Hicks Explained

Gill Hicks
Birth Date:1968[1]
Occupation:motivational speaker for peace, author, curator
Known For:survivor of 2005 London bombings

Gillian Claire Hicks,, is an Australian motivational speaker, author, curator, and trustee for several cultural organisations. She is the founder of the London-based not-for-profit M.A.D for Peace.[2] She began her career as a speaker in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings.[3] She was the last living victim rescued. Both her legs were amputated below the knee, and her injuries were so severe that she was initially not expected to live. She was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital without a name, identified only as "One Unknown".[4]

The Adelaide, South Australia-born Hicks has lived in London since 1992. She is former Publishing Director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine Blueprint. Director of the multi-disciplinary design and publishing group Dangerous Minds, and Head of Curation at the UK's Design Council.[5]

Her first book, One Unknown,[6] was shortlisted in 2008 for the Mind Book of the Year. In 2008 she also carried the Olympic torch in Canberra.[7] Hicks was named South Australian of the Year in November 2014.[8] [9] [10]

Gillian Hicks was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 Australia Day Honours list "for significant service to the promotion of peace in the community through public engagement, education and network building initiatives".[11]

Personal life

Hicks married art historian Joe Kerr on 10 December 2005 and separated in 2009.[12] In 2011 she met industrial designer Karl Falzon and returned to live in Australia, giving birth to her daughter Amelie in 2013.[13]

Awards and honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Gill Hicks AM MBE, b. 1968 .
  2. Web site: Gill Hicks survived the London bombings of 2005 and is now a peace 'actionist'. 17 January 2013. Conversations with Richard Fidler. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. Web site: Ending conflict is a personal choice all of us can make, says London blast victim Gill Hicks. 8 September 2011. news.com.au.
  4. News: Gill Hicks: 'I will never stop saying thank you' - Telegraph . Natalie . Paris . . 7 July 2007 . . 0307-1235 . 49632006 . 8 November 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131108112714/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556738/Gill-Hicks-I-will-never-stop-saying-thank-you.html . 2013-11-08.
  5. http://www.gilltalks.com/biography.html Gill Hicks: Biography
  6. Book: Hicks , Gill . One Unknown. Rodale. 20 June 2008. 978-1905744145.
  7. https://tedxsydney.com/contributor/gill-hicks/ Gill Hicks TedX Sydney
  8. Web site: Gill Hicks, London bomb survivor and amputee named 2015 South Australia's Australian of the Year. 14 November 2014. abc.net.au.
  9. Web site: Australian of the Year finalists' treasured objects on display. 17 December 2014. David Winter. The Canberra Times.
  10. Web site: Bomb survivor SA's Australian of the Year. 12 November 2014. Courier Mail.
  11. Web site: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L) . Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists . . 25 January 2016 . 20 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204212005/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20%28A-L%29%281%29.pdf . 4 February 2016 . dead .
  12. Web site: Gill Hicks: 7/7 bomb survivor on her marriage break-up and new baby . . 2013-03-31 . 2018-07-25.
  13. Web site: 'I'm here. I'm Gill': how defiance saved Gill Hicks, survivor of the 7/7 London bombings . The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 November 2015 . 2018-07-25.
  14. http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/media-releases/article/?id=2015-sa-australian-of-the-year-recipients-announced 2015 SA Australian of the Year Recipients Announced
  15. http://www.peacedirect.org Peace Direct website
  16. Web site: Leonard Cheshire Disability website . 20 September 2010 . 15 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200718/http://www.lcdisability.org/ . dead .
  17. Web site: Australia Day UK Awards 2009 . Australia Day Foundation . australiaday.co.uk . 8 November 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131108112210/http://www.australiaday.co.uk/awards/australia-day-uk-awards-2009/. 2013-11-08.
  18. http://www.australiaday.co.uk/award-view.aspx?ADF_AWARDS_ID=2 Australian Woman of the Year designation for Gill Hicks
  19. Web site: Honorary degree marks courage of 7/7 survivor Gill Hicks . www.kingston.ac.uk . 7 September 2016.
  20. Web site: 10th Annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence . 20 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218144340/http://muslimnews.co.uk/index/press.php?pr=270 . 18 December 2010 . dead .
  21. http://www.ymag.opm.co.uk/gallery?id=2&album=13 Gill Hicks speaks at the Young Muslims Advisory Group
  22. Web site: What we do. Who's Who of Australian Women. whoswhowomen.com.au. 23 March 2011. 31 March 2012.
  23. Web site: UniSA honours Gill Hicks . UniSA . 28 September 2023.

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