P10491.006.002 Accession Number: P10491.006.002

Description

"Falookas [felluccas] on the Nile on which all the bersim [berseem] is brought down." Berseem is a green feed unloaded from the feluccas then transported by camels to a Remount Unit camp and fed to horses and mules. See also P10491.007.001. (From an album of the 1st Australian Remount Unit in Egypt.)

Details

Accession Number

P10491.006.002

Photographer

Unknown

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Print

Date Made

1916

Place Made

Egypt

Whole/Part

Child

Item Count

1

Credit Line

Donor M Groves

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Units

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P10491.007.001

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P10491.016.001

Photograph P10491.016.001 First World War, 1914-1918

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