
Image Number:
APN754970
APN754970
Headline: In his 1990 visit to Australia, Nelson Mandela, is warmly received by a diverse range of citizens, diplomats and dignitaries. To them all, Mandela expresses his thanks for the vital support the ANC received during his 27 year incarceration. Description: Australia, October 1990. PHOTO: ANC Archives: On his first visit to Australia, in 1990, Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress, addresses assembled dignitaries, politicians and decision-makers. (He is flanked by the Prime Minister, Bob Hawke and his wife.) After thanking them for decades of activism and support, Mandela urges them to maintain the pressure on the apartheid regime to safeguard the road to diplomacy. Monday 22 October to Saturday 27 October 1990. Country: Australia Date Created: 26-10-1990 Creator: ANC Archives Credit Notice: ANC Archives / african.pictures Keywords:- Robert Hawke
- Robert James Lee Hawke
- Bob Hawke
- Australian Prime Minister
- Australian Labour Party
- Labour Party
- Hazel Hawke
- dignitaries
- Australian visit
- diplomacy
- speech
- address
- Nelson Mandela
- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
- Mandela
- Madiba
- President of South Africa
- African National Congress (ANC)
- ANC
- politicians
- political
- politics
- freedom fighters
- anti-apartheid
- liberation struggle
- political activists
- anti-apartheid activists
- 1990s
- October 1990
- Australia
- ANC Archives