Gillian Claire Hicks, AM MBE, 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]
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^Paris, Natalie (7 July 2007). "Gill Hicks: 'I will never stop saying thank you' - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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^Hicks, Gill (20 June 2008). One Unknown. Rodale. ISBN 978-1905744145.
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^"Gill Hicks, London bomb survivor and amputee named 2015 South Australia's Australian of the Year". abc.net.au. 14 November 2014.
^David Winter (17 December 2014). "Australian of the Year finalists' treasured objects on display". The Canberra Times.
^"Bomb survivor SA's Australian of the Year". Courier Mail. 12 November 2014.
^"Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L)" (PDF). Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists. Office of the Governor-General of Australia. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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