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Photograph H02651 First World War, 1914-1918WADI EL AUJA, JORDAN VALLEY. C. 1917. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTING A CANAL TO KEEP THE STREAM WATER FROM BECOMING STAGNANT AND THEREBY ASSISTING IN PREVENTING AN OUTBREAK OF MALARIA.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AIN DUK, JORDAN VALLEY. C. 1917. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS CANALIZATION OF A STREAM CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS TO PREVENT THE WATER BECOMING STAGNANT AND REDUCING THE RISK OF AN OUTBREAK OF MALARIA.
WADI EL AUJA, JORDAN VALLEY. C. 1917. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTING A CANAL TO KEEP THE STREAM WATER FROM BECOMING STAGNANT AND THEREBY ASSISTING IN PREVENTING AN OUTBREAK OF MALARIA.

An ancient aqueduct in the Jordan Valley at Ain Duk, near the 9th Australian Light Horse camp. Note the canalisation of the stream in the foreground.

A naked member of A Squadron, 9th Australian Light Horse, enjoying a shower bath at Ain Duk, in the Jordan Valley. The water is carried overhead from a wooden aqueduct.

Soldiers at a wady near the River Jordan. Note the stream lined with stones to prevent any stagnant pools from forming where malaria carrying mosquitoes might breed.

A view of Ain Duk Gorge near Jericho, in the Jordan Valley.

View of Ain Duk in the Jordan Valley, near the Mount of Temptation.
