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==Early life== David Hicks was born in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Munro |first=Peter |date=30 December 2007 |title=In just 10 steps, Hicks becomes a free man |work=[[Sunday Age]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/in-just-10-steps-hicks-becomes-a-free-man/2007/12/29/119877876html?page=fullpage |access-date=16 April 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> to [[Terry Hicks|Terry]] and Susan Hicks. His parents separated when he was ten years old, and his father later remarried. He has a half sister.<ref name="bbc1">{{Cite news |date=13 December 2005 |title=The 'Australian Taleban' |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3044386.stm}}</ref><ref name="SMH20031217_HicksChat">{{Cite news |author=Debelle, Penelope |date=17 December 2003 |title=Hicks family enjoys phone chat as US prison lifts gag |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/16/1071336961108.html?from=storyrhs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Devine, Miranda |author-link=Miranda Devine |date=17 August 2006 |title=Hicks: from failed martyr to cult figure |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/hicks-from-failed-martyr-to-cult-figure/2006/08/16/1155407882354.html?page=fullpage}}</ref> Described by his father as "a typical boy who couldn't settle down" and by his former school principal as one of "the most troublesome kids", Hicks reportedly experimented with alcohol and drugs as a teenager and was expelled from Smithfield Plains High School in 1990 at age 14.<ref name="GC">{{cite news |author=Larkin, Steve |date=28 December 2007 |title=The journey of David Hicks |work=Gold Coast News |publisher=News Limited |agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] |url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/28/6362_more-gossip-news.html |access-date=15 April 2011 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722161709/http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/12/28/6362_more-gossip-news.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before turning 15, Hicks was given dispensation by his father from attending school. His former partner has claimed that Hicks turned to criminal activity, including vehicle theft, allegedly in order to feed himself, although no adult criminal record was ever recorded for this.<ref name="bbc1" /><ref name="ninemsn60minutes">{{Cite news |date=3 March 2002 |title=Transcript: The Australian Taliban |work=Sunday |publisher=Nine Network |url=http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_998.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111041032/http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_998.asp |archive-date=11 November 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hicks moved between various jobs, including factory work and working at a series of outback cattle [[Station (Australian agriculture)|stations]] in the [[Northern Territory]], [[Queensland]] and [[South Australia]].<ref name="extraord">{{Cite news |author=Larkin, Steve |date=27 December 2007 |title=The extraordinary life of David Hicks |work=Adelaide Now |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/the-extraordinary-life-of-david-hicks/story-e6freo8c-1111115206302 |access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref>
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