Collection 4: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023, photographs by Matthew Abbott

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23 May 2023

Graphic Materials, Photographs

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16 photographs - digital, camera raw, colour

16 digital photographs documenting an event held at Qudos Bank Arena during the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sydney.

The photographs show Indian and Australian Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese giving speeches. The images include attendees holding Indian, Australian and Hindu flags, eating traditional Indian food, giving song, dance and story-telling performances, and wearing traditional dress.

Item 01: Indian dancers perform to a gathering crowd outside the Qudos Bank Arena before the official celebration welcoming Narendra Modi begins, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 02: Indian dancers perform to a gathering crowd outside the Qudos Bank Arena before the official celebration welcoming Narendra Modi begins, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 03: Indian dancers after performing for the crowd outside the Qudos Bank Arena before the official celebration welcoming Narendra Modi begins, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 04: Indian dancers after performing for the crowd outside the Qudos Bank Arena before the official celebration welcoming Narendra Modi begins, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 05: Members of the crowd holding Australian and Indian flags and dressed in India's national colours, before entering the Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 06: Members of the crowd line up at the entrance to Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 07: A member of the crowd holds a portrait of Narendra Modi before entering the Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 08: Indian performers with plates of food before entering the Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 09: Indian performers waiting to go on stage, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 10: Indian performers dance on the stage at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 11: Indian performers dance on the stage at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 12: Indian performers waiting to go on stage, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 13: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive at Qudos Bank Arena to the rapturous applause of the waiting crowd, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 14: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's speech; NSW Premier Chris Minns sits next to Modi and Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs sits behind him, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 15: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese embrace, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

Item 16: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the crowd, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 23 May 2023 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Matthew Abbott. Permission must be sought from Matthew Abbott prior to reproducing these works.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Matthew Abbott

Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, visited Australia from 22-24 May 2023 as a guest of the Australian Government.