Mia Ayliffe-Chung had been staying at Shelley’s Backpackers in Home Hill near Townsville, in Queensland.
The suspected murderer has been named as 29-year-old Frenchman Smail Ayed.
He has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, 12 counts of serious assault and one count of serious animal cruelty, after a dog at the backpackers was also killed, according to BBC News.
A post mortem found that 21-one year old Ayliffe-Chung from Winksworth, Derbyshire died from multiple stab wounds.
A 30-year-old British man named as Tom Jackson is understood to have tried to save Ayliffe-Chung after she was stabbed.
Man charged with murder after Brit backpacker stabbing
Destinations
Sophie Griffiths
25 August 2016
A man has been charged with murder after a British backpacker was stabbed to death at a hostel in Australia.
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