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1 y separately published work icon Gathered Leaves Elfrida Hill , Melbourne : Australian Baptist Foreign Mission , 1934 Z1079701 1934 selected work children's fiction children's

Tales of Indian Mission life for Australian children.
1 y separately published work icon Star : The Story of a Bengali Baby Elfrida Hill , East Melbourne : Australian Baptist Foreign Mission , 1900-1909 Z1029402 1900-1999 single work children's fiction children's Reads as a true account of attempts by missionaries in India to prevent a newborn baby from being sold to 'evil women' who would train the baby girl for 'a life of wrong' (1). Eventually the mother brings the baby to the missionaries, who have named her Star, but the baby grows sickly. The missionaries, and the other girls they care for, fear that Star will not survive.
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