Rescuers treated the couple’s 15-year-old daughter for shock and transferred her to a Sydney children’s hospital, where she remained under observation on Tuesday.
She was being assisted by the British consulate and welfare services.
According to ABC News, the 15-year-old, who was unhurt, manage to flag down other bushwalkers. She also dialed 000, Australia’s main emergency service number.
“I don’t know where we are,” she told the operator, before a massive emergency operation commenced.
Blue Mountains police were investigating the landslide and a report would be prepared for the coroner on the two deaths, police said.
All but two lookouts in the Blue Mountains National Park were closed to the public from 9am on Wednesday, reported the Sydney Morning Herald, with more wet weather forecast, raising concerns about further landslides.
“It is with the greatest sadness that we must confirm that our dear friend and colleague Mehraab Nazir, a partner in our Singapore office, tragically lost his life in a landslide in Australia earlier this week alongside his young son,” a spokesman for the law firm told the Sydney Morning Herald.
“We will be remembering and honouring Mehraab; however, with the surviving members of the family in serious conditions or in shock, we ask that you respect their privacy and grief at this incredibly difficult time.”
On Watson Farley & Williams’s website, Mr Mehraab is described as specialising in “complex cross-border finance transactions with a particular focus on the transportation and energy sectors”, covering maritime, rail and aviation.
CNA has contacted Watson Farley & Williams for more information.
Sydney has experienced heavy rains in recent weeks, with many suburbs in the city’s west devastated by flash flooding and heavy storms.
The New South Wales national parks and wildlife service said the track the family was on had been inspected in the days before the rockslide.
All tracks in the Wentworth Falls area were closed “until further notice”, it said in a statement.
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