'I was next in line' - Australian student shot in the hip says she's lucky to be alive

Emma Parkinson in Paris. She waiting in line at the Bataclan theatre when she was wounded. Photo / Facebook

A 19-year-old Australian woman who was shot while lining up outside a concert which was targeted by jihadis in the Paris terror attacks has told friends she was "lucky she wasn't inside".

Emma Parkinson, from Hobart, was waiting in line next to the Bataclan theatre ready to see American band Eagles of Death Metal when gunmen opened fire - killing at least 80 concertgoers.

Her aunt, Sam Gunner, said the "courageous" linguistics student had been shot several times in the hip and was expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery on Sunday.

The Tasmanian teenager made a desperate phone call to her friend, Kate Rees, 22, after the attack and said she "just needed to talk to her mum" - who is rushing to be by her daughter's side.

"All she said was she was lucky she wasn't inside," Ms Rees told the Sunday Herald Sun.

"She just kept saying to me she was next door in the line and she just needed to talk to her mum."

Ms Parkinson had only moved to France the week before the attacks and had just accepted a position as a tutor in Paris.

Her aunt said: "We are told Emma sustained a number of gunshot wounds to her hip. As can be expected, Emma was scared and overwhelmed and desperately wanted to see her mum.

"We are confident Emma will make a full recovery physically. Obviously there is quite a long road ahead for Emma mentally," Ms Gunner said.

Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has described Ms Parkinson as a "brave girl" who was in "good spirits" after surgery.

He said he "did his best" to cheer her up when he talked to her via telephone.

"I told her we are all thinking of her. She is a brave girl and in all the circumstances, in good spirits,' he said.

"Every parent can sympathise with the thought that their child has been injured in somthing like this.

"The Australian ambassador to France, Stephen Brady, saw her after she had surgery. Nothing will feel as good as when her mother arrives in a day or so."

- Daily Mail