"MAI", an 18-month-old baby girl, abandoned on a western Sydney doorstep in the dark of night, just wants her mother.
The tot showed signs of being much-loved and well cared for when an Auburn resident found her staring up at him on his doorstep on Monday night.
He had answered his doorbell to find her dressed in a black and white top, grey shorts and wrapped snugly in a light green blanket. A bag with a bottle and baby formula was also left on the doorstep.
Temporary foster carers are now looking after her while authorities try to figure out what language she speaks.
But as the hours passed and with no signs of her mother, the child had become distressed.
"At 18 months a child knows who they are with, who they belong to and when things are wrong or have changed," Family and Community Services Minister Pru Goward said.
"It must have been very frightening to be wrapped in a blanket and left on somebody's doorstep in the dark last night."
Ms Goward issued a public appeal on Tuesday for the Asian mother or guardian to come forward.
The Auburn resident, who did not want to be identified, can't understand how someone could do that to a child.
"It was random and out of the blue and I didn't think this could happen in Australia," he told News Corp.
"If you have a problem there are places you can call and they can help you, rather than just abandoning a child."
A late-model white sedan was spotted leaving the area.
Auburn police Superintendent Phil Rogerson said Mai was very neat and tidy.
The items left with her have been forensically examined for any clues that may lead them to the child's mother.
Police say it's unclear why Mai was dropped off at the particular house in Auburn, although there were baby strollers outside it.
"We don't know the intention of whoever took the baby to that house and why they selected that house," Supt Rogerson said.
While Mai's age makes her abandonment unusual, the practice of babies landing on doorsteps is not unheard of.
Last March Ms Goward made a public plea for the mother of a newborn baby left at Canterbury Hospital to come forward.
It is understood the mother was never found and the baby has been put up for adoption.
But Ms Goward said there are cases when abandoned children have been reunited with their parents.
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