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The last tents at Moascar
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Maker: Lambert, George
In March 1919, George Lambert described the Moascar camp as: "Miles and miles of tents and desert, thousands of sweating, sun-bronzed men and beautiful horses"(Lambert 1938, p. 79). On 20 July 1919 he...ART02819
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'The Pimple' Ghoraniyeh bridgehead
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Maker: Lambert, George
In April 1918 as Australian troops advanced towards Es Salt, a communication post was established at Ghoraniyeh on a small knoll rising from the Jordan Valley. From this vantage point of 150 feet, obs...ART02806
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The road to Aleppo
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts figures including an Arab on horseback, progressing along a road leading to buildings. There are hills in the background. Aleppo was the most northern city occupied by the Allied forces and wa...ART02830
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The Sinai Desert, July 1917
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Maker: McBey, James
Depicts the Australian Camel Corps travelling through the Sinai Desert. In the foreground is the skeleton of an animal such as a horse or camel. This work is from McBey's first Palestine set of etchin...ART03038
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The valley of the Jordan, looking towards Jerusalem
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Maker: Lambert, George
The valley of the River Jordan, looking towards Jerusalem, with horses and camels drinking at river. The Jordan Valley is part of the Great Rift Valley of Africa and has always been used as a route be...ART02711
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Trooper New Zealand Mounted Regiment
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a sketch of a unidentified soldier, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, wearing shorts, a short sleeve shirt and a slouch hat, puggaree with three folds, its brim turned down, bandolier over sho...ART02767
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Trooper Walter White
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a portrait of a Trooper Walter R. White, 1st Australian Imperial Force, 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Australian Expeditionary Force, with a pipe in his mouth, wearing a slouch hat with...ART02782
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Wady Hanein, Jewish colony country
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Maker: Lambert, George
Jewish colonies, sponsored by wealthy Jewish families such as the Rothschilds, were made up mainly of emigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe. Harassed by both Arabs and Turks, they welcomed the Brit...ART02700
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Ziza
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Depicts an unusual event that occurred on the night of the 28th - 29th September 1918. After the capture of Amman on the 25 September, a detachment of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade was ordered south alo...ART12673