# Gill Hicks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gill_Hicks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gill_Hicks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Hicks > Source revision: 1321690886 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian activist and motivational speaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Gill Hicks | image = Gill Hicks.jpg | alt = portrait photo | caption = Gill Hicks, 2016 | birth_date = 1968{{Cite web | url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/gill-hicks-1968 | title=Dr Gill Hicks AM MBE, b. 1968 }} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = motivational speaker for peace, author, curator | years_active = | known_for = survivor of 2005 London bombings | notable_works = }} '''Gillian Claire Hicks''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|AM|MBE}}, born 1968, is an Australian [motivational speaker](/source/motivational_speaker), author, curator, and trustee for several cultural organisations. She is the founder of the [London](/source/London)-based not-for-profit [M.A.D for Peace](/source/M.A.D_for_Peace).{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/01/17/3671402.htm|title=Gill Hicks survived the London bombings of 2005 and is now a peace 'actionist'|date=17 January 2013|work=Conversations with Richard Fidler|publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)}} She began her career as a speaker in the wake of the [7 July 2005 London bombings](/source/7_July_2005_London_bombings).{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/ending-conflict-is-a-personal-choice-all-of-us-can-make-says-london-blast-victim-gill-hicks/story-e6frfkp9-1226131750266|title=Ending conflict is a personal choice all of us can make, says London blast victim Gill Hicks|date=8 September 2011|work=news.com.au}} 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](/source/St_Thomas'_Hospital) without a name, identified only as "One Unknown".{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556738/Gill-Hicks-I-will-never-stop-saying-thank-you.html |title=Gill Hicks: 'I will never stop saying thank you' - Telegraph |first=Natalie |last=Paris |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=7 July 2007 |location=[London](/source/London%2C_UK) |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |accessdate=8 November 2013 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108112714/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556738/Gill-Hicks-I-will-never-stop-saying-thank-you.html |archivedate=2013-11-08}} The [Adelaide, South Australia](/source/Adelaide%2C_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.[http://www.gilltalks.com/biography.html Gill Hicks: Biography] Her first book, ''One Unknown'',{{cite book |last=Hicks |first=Gill |title=One Unknown |publisher=Rodale |date=20 June 2008 |isbn=978-1905744145 }} was shortlisted in 2008 for the [Mind Book of the Year](/source/Mind_(charity)). In 2008 she also carried the [Olympic torch](/source/Olympic_torch) in [Canberra](/source/Canberra).[https://tedxsydney.com/contributor/gill-hicks/ Gill Hicks TedX Sydney] Hicks was named South Australian of the Year in November 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-12/gill-hicks-named-south-australia-australian-of-the-year/5886482|title=Gill Hicks, London bomb survivor and amputee named 2015 South Australia's Australian of the Year|date=14 November 2014|work=abc.net.au}}{{cite web|title=Australian of the Year finalists' treasured objects on display|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/australian-of-the-year-finalists-treasured-objects-on-display-20141217-1299oc.html|date=17 December 2014|author=David Winter|work=The Canberra Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/bomb-survivor-sas-australian-of-the-year/story-fnihsfrf-1227121009085|title=Bomb survivor SA's Australian of the Year|date=12 November 2014|work=Courier Mail}} Gillian Hicks was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the [2016 Australia Day Honours](/source/2016_Australia_Day_Honours) list "for significant service to the promotion of peace in the community through public engagement, education and network building initiatives".{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20%28A-L%29%281%29.pdf |title=Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L) |work=Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists |publisher=[Office of the Governor-General of Australia](/source/Governor-General_of_Australia) |date=25 January 2016 |accessdate=20 August 2016 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search?searchText=gillian%20hicks |website=Australian Honours Search Facility |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=6 July 2025 |title=Australian Honours Search Facility }} ==Personal life== Hicks married art historian Joe Kerr on 10 December 2005 and separated in 2009.{{cite web | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gill-hicks-77-bomb-survivor-1794106 | title=Gill Hicks: 7/7 bomb survivor on her marriage break-up and new baby | work=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror) | date=2013-03-31 | accessdate=2018-07-25}} In 2011 she met industrial designer Karl Falzon and returned to live in Australia, giving birth to her daughter Amelie in 2013.{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/im-here-im-gill-how-defiance-saved-gill-hicks-survivor-of-the-77-london-bombings-20151029-gklm2j.html | title='I'm here. I'm Gill': how defiance saved Gill Hicks, survivor of the 7/7 London bombings | work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)| date=11 November 2015 | accessdate=2018-07-25}} ==Awards and honours== * 2015 South Australia's Australian of the Year{{Cite web |url=http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/media-releases/article/?id=2015-sa-australian-of-the-year-recipients-announced |title=2015 SA Australian of the Year Recipients Announced |access-date=18 August 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225039/http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/media-releases/article/?id=2015-sa-australian-of-the-year-recipients-announced |url-status=dead }} * Ambassador for [Peace Direct](/source/Peace_Direct) (Best New Charity), 2005[http://www.peacedirect.org Peace Direct website] * Advocate for the [Leonard Cheshire Disability](/source/Leonard_Cheshire_Disability), 2006{{Cite web |url=http://www.lcdisability.org/ |title=Leonard Cheshire Disability website |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-date=15 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200718/http://www.lcdisability.org/ |url-status=dead }} * [MBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) for her services to charity in the Queen's New Year's Honours List for 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.australiaday.co.uk/awards/australia-day-uk-awards-2009/ |title=Australia Day UK Awards 2009 |publisher=Australia Day Foundation |work=australiaday.co.uk |accessdate=8 November 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108112210/http://www.australiaday.co.uk/awards/australia-day-uk-awards-2009/|archivedate=2013-11-08}} * UK's Australian Woman of the Year 2009[http://www.australiaday.co.uk/award-view.aspx?ADF_AWARDS_ID=2 Australian Woman of the Year designation for Gill Hicks]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, australiaday.co.uk (2009) *Honorary Doctor of Science from [Kingston University](/source/Kingston_University), 2013, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, in recognition of her determination to overcome her injuries, and of her work raising awareness of disability.{{cite web |url=http://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/955/16-may-2013-honorary-degree-marks-courage-of-77-survivor-gill-hicks/ |title=Honorary degree marks courage of 7/7 survivor Gill Hicks |website=www.kingston.ac.uk |access-date=7 September 2016}} * Recipient of the Iman Wa Amal Special Judges Award at the 10th Annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence in March 2010{{Cite web |url=http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/index/press.php?pr=270 |title=10th Annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218144340/http://muslimnews.co.uk/index/press.php?pr=270 |archive-date=18 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.ymag.opm.co.uk/gallery?id=2&album=13 Gill Hicks speaks at the Young Muslims Advisory Group] * Listed in the ''Who's Who of Australian Women'', 2011{{cite web|url=http://whoswhowomen.com.au/about/what-we-do|title=What we do|publisher=Who's Who of Australian Women|work=whoswhowomen.com.au|date=23 March 2011|accessdate=31 March 2012}} * Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of South Australia{{Cite web|url=https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2019/unisa-honours-gill-hicks----london-bombings-survivor-and-ambassador-for-peace/ |title= UniSA honours Gill Hicks |publisher=UniSA |access-date=28 September 2023}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.saxton.com.au/speakers/gill-hicks/ Saxton speaker page] *[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jul/01/one-unknown-estimated-female-jazz-musician-gill-hicks-77-bombings 2025 interview with Hicks] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100310192431/http://www.madforpeace.org/ MAD for Peace (archived)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100220022030/http://walktalk.org.uk/ WalkTalk (archived)] *[https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ Design Council UK] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, Gill}} Category:Australian expatriates in England Category:Activists from Adelaide Category:Australian amputees Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:Australian terrorism victims Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts Category:1968 births Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gill Hicks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Hicks) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Hicks?action=history)). 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