The 10-year-old student from Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School in Beverly Hills raised $1041 while busking at Newtown train station.

He has since donated the funds to the koala hospital in the hope that it will help save the species after devastating bushfires earlier this year.

Samuel said he has been playing guitar for around three and a half years, and wanted to make a difference.

"I wanted to donate to help the koalas because they are facing a lot of disadvantages," she said.

"I liked to busk because I knew that I could make a difference for the koalas. It seems like someone has to at the moment. I've been to the koala hospital before and they seem to be helping, so I thought I'd support them.

"I usually busk at Newtown because there is a lot of people there and it's a busy place."

Samuel's mother Tanja Skrabak said the fundraising idea started after Samuel began watching news reports about the bushfire season and declining koala population.

"It's a pretty impressive achievement that he has come up with on his own. We have seen what's been happening on the news and he knew he could help by raising money," she said.

"He specifically wanted to help koalas because they are stuck in the trees, they can't hop away like kangaroos. We have been to Port Macquarie before and my brother lives here so that may have inspired him to help."

Port Macquarie Koala Hospital clinical director Cheyne Flanagan said Samuel's efforts have given much more than just funding to the hospital.

"Every dollar is very important to us, but to have a young boy put in so much effort bodes well for the future of wildlife," she said.

"Donations like this can go towards everything and anything at the hospital. They can go towards everything from surgeries, to drugs and even tree plantation."

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