A young mother and her toddler have tragically been killed after their car smashed into a tree and burst into flames.

Jendaya Stewart, 26, and her daughter Lillyannah, two, were travelling along Hat Head Road, at Hat Head on the NSW Mid North Coast, about 9.40am on 10 July when they crashed.

Police and firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze before discovering the pair’s bodies inside the vehicle.

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Stewart, known affectionately to loved ones as “Jenny” and “Jen”, was a proud Biripi and Thunggutti woman and an active member of her local community.

Over the past few years, she had worked with a series of organisations and programs committed to preserving local lands and teaching bush skills, including National Parks Conservation Association, The Green Army, and as an agricultural farm assistant at Orara High School.

Family have remembered Stewart as a “beloved daughter and sister” who will be “forever loved and deeply missed”.

Jo-Anne Dacker, Stewart’s mother, told www.20304050.best her daughter was passionate about the environment and conservation.

“Jendaya was a member of Green Army and worked for Coffs Harbour aboriginal lands council with bush regeneration,” she said.

“During 2019 she (also) completed her certification to serve with the Rural Fire Service in Coffs Harbour during those disastrous fires of 2020.”

Dacker said Hat Head, the site of the crash, always held a special place in her daughter’s heart.

“Jendaya’s love for Hat Head was immeasurable,” she said.

“She was so protective of the environment there.”

Stewart also visited local schools to teach bush tuckers courses and was a member of the local art community, contributing to the Overwintering art project in Coffs Harbour in late 2019 and early 2020.

In 2021, she also model for a fashion shoot for NAIDOC week.

After several busy years, Stewart welcomed her daughter, nicknamed Lilly, in September 2022.

On social media, Stewart gushed about the joys of motherhood as she shared doting photos of her little girl.

“Teaching my baby how to do the shuffle is so adorable,” one post reads.

“Seeing her copy me and collect them.. Teaching her culture.”

Family say Lilly was “beloved, adored, and protected” by her mother and was “nanny’s sweetest angel and poppy’s best mate”.

“Adored and cherished.. Loved to the moon and back by all her family,” an obituary for Lilly reads.

“We will miss her sunshine and gorgeous smile in our lives.”

Stewart and Lilly will be farewelled in a funeral service at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Coffs Harbour, on Saturday 2 August.

Investigations into the cause of the crash continue.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.