The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts Arab men sitting in front of Roman and Ancient Egyptian ruins at Sakkara, with a step pyramid in background. As George Lambert adjusted to the climate and his duties as an official war artist in Palestine 1918, he travelled south of Cairo to Sakkara. The combination of the famous Egyptian step pyramid of Djoser (twenty-seventh century BC) with later Roman ruins provided Lambert with an interesting composition and a reminder of the transience of empires.
Depicts the Remount Camp at Moascar, North Egypt. The view of the camp is from Major 'Banjo' Paterson's tent. Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson, poet and journalist, was in charge of the Remounts Sect
The Yarmuk shares a long and storied past with the Jordan river valley, as recounted in archaeological evidence, holy scripture and medieval chronicles. A Roman fortress town was built at the junction
Marble bust of a woman (Hagar) purportedly taken from a tomb in the ruins of the Palace of Zenobia, in Palmyra (then known in Arabic as Tadmur) in central Syria. Archaeologists have discovered no trac
Western desert, North Africa circa 1941-1942, long shot of tent and parked P-40 Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron RAAF in background. Three shots of P-40s preparing to take off from desert airfield. Groun
Activities of 3 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert, North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1942-1945. Department of Information photographers Frank Hurley and Alan Anderson? unidentified walking to photograp
Photographs relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Stanislaus Acton Nunan, No.1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, and Syria, c.1917-1919. Collection contains
