The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THE WATER POINT AT SHELLAL WADY GHUZZE. THE WATER IS PUMPED INTO CANVAS TANKS AND CHLORINATED. BRIGADE WATER CARTS OBTAINED SUPPLIES FROM THE TANKS. THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE ANCIENT GREEK CHURCH (SEE PHOTO J2811.) WAS FOUND ON THE HILL ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE. TEL EL FARA CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT. TAKEN ABOUT 1917-04-20. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
Palestine. c. 1917. Horse drawn carts with water tanks are filled from a river, possibly by members of the 5th Light Horse Brigade. Note the large canvas containers on the edge of the water and the pu
THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF AN OLD BYZANTINE BASILICA OR CHURCH BUILT IN THE TIME OF JUSTINIAN 1 ABOUT 561 A.D. WHICH WAS DISCOVERED BY THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE AT SHELLAL, ON THE WADY GHUZZE, I
Palestine. 1917-09. The top of Tel el Fara showing Turkish Army trenches with Wady Ghuzze in the background.
Inserted into the border of the Shellal mosaic is the cross-section of a fish tail, a swastika and a fish head - fragments of the Shellal mosaic. The Shellal mosaic floor of an old Byzantine Basilica
Features a sketch of a vase - a fragment of the Shellal mosaic. The Shellal mosaic floor of an old Byzantine Basilica or church built in the time of the Roman Emperor Justinian 1 about 561 A.D. which
Inserted page depicts a hare leaping and grapes - a fragment of the Shellal mosaic. The Shellal mosaic floor of an old Byzantine Basilica or church built in the time of the Roman Emperor Justinian 1
