THE former owners of one of Griffith's most successful poultry businesses are mourning the loss of their daughter.
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Georgina Bartter, 19, collapsed at a harbourside dance party and died in St Vincent’s Hospital.
At this time, it is suspected Georgina took a recreational drug at the festival.
Georgina is the daughter of Simon and Kirsty Bartter.
The Bartter family developed one of the country’s most successful poultry businesses before selling it to Steggles.
The Bartters now live in Sydney.
Only a few months ago Georgina Bartter, described by her family as a beautiful and vibrant young woman, was treading a well-travelled path across Europe.
Like most parents, her mother and father may have felt some anxiety about the dangers their teenage daughter could face on the other side of the world.
But the event which ended her life happened only kilometres from their home in Sydney’s Longueville.
She was found convulsing on the ground of the Harbourlife dance party at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair on the harbour.
Irishman Owen Mullins said he noticed her looking unwell and told her friend she needed help.
“She agreed and asked for a paramedic so I ran and got one,” he posted online.
“I thought she would be saved ... this is terrible terrible news, she was so young.”
Georgina, who finished year 12 at Sydney’s Wenona girls school just last year, was rushed to hospital but suffered multiple organ failure and died.
Her friends told police she took one and a half pills before she collapsed.
However, her family believe she may have had an allergic reaction.
In a statement, the family said the teen was "a beautiful and vibrant young woman, who was much loved and will be sadly missed".
"She had allergies and it was extremely out of character," the family said in a statement to Channel Nine
St Vincent’s emergency department director Gordian Fulde was on duty when Georgina was brought in.
He says party pills are made with designs to make them look attractive to young people.
“All that’s to entice young people to buy them,” he told the Seven Network on Monday.
“You could have two pills from the same dealer and one doesn’t work that much and the other one will blow your brains out.
A post-mortem will be carried out to determine the exact cause of Ms Bartter’s death.
