The family of British backpacker Amelia Blake, who died in a suspected murder-suicide last week, say they are struggling to come to terms with their loss.
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In a statement released through the British high commission the family said the 22-year-old would be missed by everyone.
"We are deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of our much loved daughter and sister Amelia, who will be truly missed by all who knew her," they said.
"We would like to thank everyone for the love and support shown to our family.
"As we try to come to terms with losing our beautiful girl, we would very much appreciate privacy at this extremely difficult time."
The family also released a photograph of Ms Blake, which shows her holding a koala at Australia Zoo.
A spokeswoman for the high commission said consular teams in Sydney and London were providing as much support as possible to the family.
Ms Blake's body was found with the body of a 30-year-old man, who has been identified as Nepalese chef Brazil Gurung, in a unit on King Street in Newtown last Friday.
Police found the bodies after they were called to the unit above a Persian restaurant about 5.30pm when a friend raised concerns for the pair's welfare.
Investigations are ongoing but police are treating the deaths as a suspected murder-suicide. On Thursday, a police spokeswoman said the nature of the relationship between Ms Blake and the man would form part of their investigation.
Ms Blake had been in Sydney after spending three months working on a citrus farm in the north-western Victorian town of Colignan.
On Thursday, Mansell Farms owner Robert Mansell said his family and Ms Blake's former colleagues were all "in shock".
"She was just an absolutely lovely girl; a good worker, she had the smarts, she was organised, happy. Just a lovely girl," he said.
Earlier in the week, British friends of Ms Blake took to social media to mourn the "tragic" news.
"This has broken my heart into a million pieces," Rhys Collington wrote on Facebook.
"It's almost unimaginable that I'll never see you again, my dear friend."
A strike force made up of officers from the Newtown Local Area Command and the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad has been set up to investigate the deaths.
Post-mortem examinations were carried out on both bodies this week with a brief going to a coroner, a police spokeswoman told AAP on Thursday.
The spokeswoman told Fairfax Media police could not detail the injuries the pair had, nor what had caused their deaths.
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