Australia's ambassador in France has praised the dignity and self-composure of young Hobart woman Emma Parkinson after she was shot in the hip during the Paris terror attacks.
Stephen Brady says he's impressed by how the 19-year-old is coming to terms with the immensity of Friday night's tragedy.
"She's in good spirits and she'll make a good recovery," he told AAP on Sunday after Ms Parkinson underwent surgery in a Paris hospital.
She was shot at the Bataclan concert hall late on Friday as four militants armed with AK47s entered and started firing during a performance by the US band Eagles of Death Metal.
The Bataclan raid was the deadliest of a series of attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.
Mr Brady said Ms Parkinson was very fortunate she wasn't killed or more seriously injured.
"She was shot in the hip, the bullet entered and exited and the surgery yesterday involved cleaning the wound site."
Mr Brady was at Ms Parkinson's bedside after her surgery and promptly arranged the first phone call from her mother in Australia.
On Saturday Ms Parkinson also took calls from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
"I must say she was very dignified and very together," Mr Brady said.
"She was a very self-composed young woman. I was impressed by the way she was processing what had happened and the immensity of the tragedy."
Ms Parkinson speaks fluent French and recently took up a job in Paris tutoring in linguistics after spending a year in Germany.
Her parents are due to fly into the French capital late on Monday.
But other Australians are being urged to rethink their plans to visit Paris.
Mr Brady said the French government had reimposed border checks and Paris was effectively in lockdown, with the Eiffel Tower and other cultural attractions closed.
He said Ms Parkinson was the only Australian casualty of the terror attacks and embassy staff were relieved there were not more given the number of Australians in the city at any one time.
