Police are hoping members of the public can help them find a missing 12-year-old girl.

Shenane Walsh, who was previously living at Clarendon Vale, was last seen about 7:00pm on Thursday night walking south of Bridge Street in Richmond.

At the time she was wearing a black and grey jacket, with a distinctive “A” on the left breast pocket, a grey style hooded jumper, blue pants and black sneakers.

The police say she was carrying a back pack and a black cotton shopping bag containing clothes.

They say a witness who knows Shenane, believes she may have seen her in Cornelian Bay on Friday wearing a pair of pink jeans.

Miss Walsh has her ears and nose pierced and generally wears a silver necklace with two dolphins attached.