Only days after Australia’s population hit 25 million, a baby boy has become the latest addition to the country’s population, when he was born just before 3am today in the back of an ambulance in remote East Arnhem Land.
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When going into labour, the 18-year-old mother was talked through her contractions by a St John Ambulance Emergency Dispatcher via phone, while paramedics were en-route to the community of Yirrkala.
With the help of the paramedics the young woman gave birth to a baby boy in the back of the ambulance.
Both mum and baby were taken to Gove District Hospital.
Higher-than-anticipated birth rates and mass migration have seen the country’s population increase to 25 million earlier this week - 33 years earlier than predicted two decades ago.
Chris McLennan
ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.
ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.
