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| birth_date = 1954(?)
| birth_date = 1954(?)
| birth_place = Karimojong, Uganda
| birth_place = [[Karimojong]], [[Uganda]]
| death_date = 15 February 2015
| death_date = 15 February 2015
| death_place = Newcastle, Australia
| death_place = [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Australia]]
| occupation = Registered Nurse
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'''Margaret Rose Illukol''' (1954(?)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Child of the Karimojong|last=Ilukol|first=Margaret|publisher=The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd|year=1990|isbn=0 7329 0139 1|location=Melbourne|pages=13}}</ref> &ndash; 2015)
'''Margaret Rose Illukol''' (1954(?)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Child of the Karimojong|last=Ilukol|first=Margaret|publisher=The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd|year=1990|isbn=0-7329-0139-1|location=Melbourne|pages=13}}</ref> &ndash; 2015) was a nurse known for surviving a disfiguring hyena attack as a girl in Uganda. After being brought to Australia for medical treatment, she wrote a book about her experiences. Her bequest was used to start a scholarship fund.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/94360|title=Margaret Illukol|date=2 September 2019|website=Living Histories @ UON|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
=== Early life in Africa ===
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Born in Karimojong, Uganda, Margaret Illukol was attacked by a hyena in 1963, when she was eight years old.<ref name=":1">Rigney, S. (2015, February 28). Farewell to a survivor. Newcastle Herald, p. 1</ref> She was carried 160&nbsp;km by her tribe to the nearest hospital.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFz-_kzcB1E&feature=youtu.be|title=Margaret Illukol Story|date=24 April 1985|work=Good Morning Australia|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> Maggots infected the wound, helping with the initial healing process. Surgeries followed at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, where her education and Christian baptism took place.<ref name=":0" />


=== Early life ===
===Immigration to Newcastle, Australia===
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It was recognised that further reconstructive surgeries could not be carried out in Kampala, leading to Dr Arnold Biase, her surgery coordinator, asking for support through the Rotary International Magazine.<ref name=":0" /> Margaret, with the aid of the International Rotary Club, ended up in Newcastle, NSW, Australia in 1975.
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Born in Karimojong, Uganda, Margaret Illukol was attacked by a hyena when she was eight years old.<ref>Rigney, S. (2015, February 28). Farewell to a survivor. Newcastle Herald, p. 1</ref> Maggots infected the wound, helping with the initial healing process. Surgeries followed at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, where her education and Christian baptism took place (from Living histories)
===Expanded description===
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Margaret, with the aid of the International Rotary Club, ended up in Newcastle, NSW, Australia in 1975. It was recognised that further reconstructive surgeries could not be carried out in Kampala, leading to Dr Arnold Biase, her surgery coordinator, asking for support through the Rotary International Magazine. (from Living Histories).


=== Education ===
=== Education and career ===
Margaret received encouragement and support from the Mulago hospital staff to complete her primary and secondary school education with the Rotary Club of Kampala paying for her education. (from a New life for Margaret Rose)
Margaret received encouragement and support from the Mulago hospital staff to complete her primary and secondary school education with the Rotary Club of Kampala paying for her education.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Illukol|first=Margaret|date=27 November 2019|title=A new life for Margaret Rose|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=the+rotarian+illukol&pg=PA33|journal=The Rotarian|volume=129|issue=6|pages=32, 34|via=Google books}}</ref> She completed her High School Certificate at [[St Joseph's College, Lochinvar]] in 1978. In 1983, she graduated from a nursing program at [[Gosford Hospital]]. She started her career as a registered nurse in the orthopedics department at the [[Royal Newcastle Hospital]] in 1984, where she had previously stayed as a patient many times.

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Margaret was also an author. In 1990, she published a memoir of her ordeals, ''[https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Child-of-the-Karimojong-Book.pdf Child of the Karimojong]''. She was inspired by the book 'Joni' by [[Joni Eareckson Tada|Joni Eareckson]], which she read during one of her operations at the Royal Newcastle Hospital.
===Marriage and children===

According to Margaret's friends, she was self-conscious about her appearance after having 75 facial operations and never married. <ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Farewell to a survivor|last=Rigney|first=Sam|date=28/2/2015|work=Newcastle Herald|access-date=}}</ref>
In 1996 Margaret graduated from the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] with a Bachelor of Nursing. This same year she also became an Australian citizen. Margaret continued her nursing career and in 2006 she moved from the Royal Newcastle Hospital to John Hunter Hospital, where she continued working in the orthopedics department until her death in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2020/04/03/margaret-illukol/|title=Remembering Margaret Illukol (c.1955 – 2015)|last=Di Gravio|first=Gionni|date=3 April 2020|website=Hunter Living Histories|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>


===Death and afterward===
===Death and afterward===
Margaret died 15 Feb 2015, after an accident at her home. According to Margaret's friends, she was self-conscious about her appearance after having 75 facial operations and never married.<ref name=":1" /> Having no family, she left her entire estate to the Rotary International District 9670. Rotary used her bequest to establish the [https://www.newcastle.edu.au/scholarships/EXT_250 Margaret Illukol Health Scholarships] at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] for health students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://downloads.newcastle.edu.au/2nur/audio/morning/20191018pMareeGleeson.mp3|title=Interview with Emeritus Professor Maree Gleeson|last=Farley|first=Sarah|date=18 October 2019|website=2NUR|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>
Margaret died after an accident at her home, leaving her estate to the Rotary International District 9670.


==Published works==
==Published works==
1990: ''Child of the Karimojong.'' South Melbourne: Macmillan
1990: ''[https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Child-of-the-Karimojong-Book.pdf Child of the Karimojong].'' South Melbourne: Macmillan


==References/Notes and references==
==References==
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==Further reading==


==External links==
==External links==
*Archival information Margaret Illukol from [https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/94360 Living Histories @ UON]
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*[https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2020/04/03/margaret-illukol/ Hunter Living Histories blog post] on Margaret Illukol

*[https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Child-of-the-Karimojong-Book.pdf Child of the Karimojong] by Margaret Illukol

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Latest revision as of 05:33, 4 December 2024

Margaret Rose Illukol
Born1954(?)
Karimojong, Uganda
Died15 February 2015
Newcastle, Australia
OccupationRegistered Nurse

Margaret Rose Illukol (1954(?)[1] – 2015) was a nurse known for surviving a disfiguring hyena attack as a girl in Uganda. After being brought to Australia for medical treatment, she wrote a book about her experiences. Her bequest was used to start a scholarship fund.[2]

Biography

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Early life in Africa

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Born in Karimojong, Uganda, Margaret Illukol was attacked by a hyena in 1963, when she was eight years old.[3] She was carried 160 km by her tribe to the nearest hospital.[4] Maggots infected the wound, helping with the initial healing process. Surgeries followed at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, where her education and Christian baptism took place.[2]

Immigration to Newcastle, Australia

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It was recognised that further reconstructive surgeries could not be carried out in Kampala, leading to Dr Arnold Biase, her surgery coordinator, asking for support through the Rotary International Magazine.[2] Margaret, with the aid of the International Rotary Club, ended up in Newcastle, NSW, Australia in 1975.

Education and career

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Margaret received encouragement and support from the Mulago hospital staff to complete her primary and secondary school education with the Rotary Club of Kampala paying for her education.[5] She completed her High School Certificate at St Joseph's College, Lochinvar in 1978. In 1983, she graduated from a nursing program at Gosford Hospital. She started her career as a registered nurse in the orthopedics department at the Royal Newcastle Hospital in 1984, where she had previously stayed as a patient many times.

Margaret was also an author. In 1990, she published a memoir of her ordeals, Child of the Karimojong. She was inspired by the book 'Joni' by Joni Eareckson, which she read during one of her operations at the Royal Newcastle Hospital.

In 1996 Margaret graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Nursing. This same year she also became an Australian citizen. Margaret continued her nursing career and in 2006 she moved from the Royal Newcastle Hospital to John Hunter Hospital, where she continued working in the orthopedics department until her death in 2015.[6]

Death and afterward

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Margaret died 15 Feb 2015, after an accident at her home. According to Margaret's friends, she was self-conscious about her appearance after having 75 facial operations and never married.[3] Having no family, she left her entire estate to the Rotary International District 9670. Rotary used her bequest to establish the Margaret Illukol Health Scholarships at the University of Newcastle for health students.[7]

Published works

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1990: Child of the Karimojong. South Melbourne: Macmillan

References

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  1. ^ Ilukol, Margaret (1990). Child of the Karimojong. Melbourne: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd. p. 13. ISBN 0-7329-0139-1.
  2. ^ a b c "Margaret Illukol". Living Histories @ UON. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b Rigney, S. (2015, February 28). Farewell to a survivor. Newcastle Herald, p. 1
  4. ^ "Margaret Illukol Story". Good Morning Australia. 24 April 1985. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. ^ Illukol, Margaret (27 November 2019). "A new life for Margaret Rose". The Rotarian. 129 (6): 32, 34 – via Google books.
  6. ^ Di Gravio, Gionni (3 April 2020). "Remembering Margaret Illukol (c.1955 – 2015)". Hunter Living Histories. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ Farley, Sarah (18 October 2019). "Interview with Emeritus Professor Maree Gleeson". 2NUR. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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