A nine-year-old boy who got trapped between rocks at a New South Wales beach on Sunday has become the seventh person to drown in Australia over the Easter weekend. The majority of deaths were caused by strong swells washing people into the ocean from rocks.

A nine-year-old boy died after getting trapped between rocks in New South Wales as dangerous surf conditions battered Australia ’s eastern shoreline over the Easter weekend, leading to at least seven deaths.

Seven people drowned in the sea on Australia's east coast over the Easter weekend. Six victims died in the state of New South Wales alone, including a nine-year-old boy. "This is the highest number of Easter drowning accidents we've ever recorded in New South Wales,