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Issue Details: First known date: 1923... 1923 Sheila the Prefect
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'Sheila the Prefect continues the schooldays of best friends, Sheila Chester, and Beryl Lindsay, who were introduced in Sheila at Happy Hills [...] In Sheila the Prefect Beryl is now Head Girl of Riverview and Sheila is a Probationer Prefect. It is the end of term and the pair are preparing to attend a Christian Union Camp with other schoolgirls in the school holidays [...] During the camp the girls discover one of their classmates, Dorothy Grant, had an older sister who died in a train accident, though no body was ever found. Beryl thinks that there may be some mystery behind it and soon the girls have an opportunity to investigate some startling coincidences' (Rachel Crawford, Bonza Schooldays).

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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Melbourne, Victoria,: Ward, Lock ,       1923 .
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      Link: 8515757Full text document AustLit Full Text
      Extent: 255 p., [3] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus.
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      • Digitised by AustLit, 2009, from the collection of the NLA.
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— Appears in: The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII , December no. 286 1923; (p. 165-168) The Riverview girls are preparing for their performance of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (q.v.), but are having trouble in deciding who will play the role of Portia. The girls learn that their shy friend, Jane, is the daughter of Mrs. Lee Richmond, a famous Shakespearean actress, who visits the school, guides them through a performance, and reveals that Jane has rehearsed the part of Portia 'many times'.
y separately published work icon Three Bachelor Girls Lillian M. Pyke , London : Ward, Lock , 1926 Z270565 1926 single work children's fiction children's Continues the adventures of Sheila and her friends, but now thay have finished school.
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