Frank Hurley: The Promised Land

An Australian Light Horseman in Palestine viewing the Promised Land

Palestine Through the Eyes of the Light Horse

Frank Hurley’s photo of an Australian Light Horseman viewing the Promised Land links military campaigning with landscape, religion and symbolism. The image gives the Palestine campaign a reflective tone, showing a soldier not in action, but looking across a place loaded with meaning.

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