The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A watercolour of Semakh on the south coast of the Sea of Galilee. A house sits on a cliff overlooking the water, with tents and another building visible in the background.
George Lambert described Semakh as: "... a railway-station of picturesque conglomeration of not more than usually dirty Arab huts, and a few tents and horses of the occupation people on the shore, sou
A locomotive Engine stands with steam coming out of the entrance to the Semakh Railway Station. The main building with two water tower adjacent lies to the left of the railway line. Lambert described
On 25 September 1918, Semakh was the scene of a short action between Australian light horsemen and a mixed force of Turks and Germans. Located at the southern end of Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee)
Depicts a valley with a lake, with hills in the distance, viewed from above. A light horseman sits on a rise overlooking the valley, an Arab rides a donkey down the slope and a grey horse stands besi
A village scene at Semakh, South Coast, Sea of Galilee, showing the Australian Light Horse mode of carrying water, using canvas bags hanging from the feet of the Lighthorseman.
A view from one of the windows of a house in Semakh, South Coast, Sea of Galilee, from which machine guns were fired on the Australian Light Horse, showing the wall used as a barricade by the enemy.
