they completely left the Empire in 1940.
Britain could no longer afford an Empire and they had no right to rule people who did not want to be ruled by Britain. In 1931 the Statute of Westminster recognized them as independent countries "within the British Empire," referring to the "British Commonwealth of Nations," and from 1949, the Commonwealth of Nations. Australia became a Dominion of the British Empire as a confederation of former colonies in 1901.
After the First World War it became increasingly difficult for Britain to hold on to Australia. They gained independence when the British passed legislation to allow the colonies to govern themselves as the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Australia left the British Empire as part of the general trend in the early 20th century of Britain downsizing its imperial holdings. They also decided that the Royal Navy was no longer strong enough to protect an empire as large as Britain’s any more. British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies— colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government. The commonwealth was a constitutional monarchy and they wrote their constitution in the 1890's. It became clear that. Australia became a Dominion of the British Empire as a confederation of former colonies in 1901. Below are lists of the countries and territories formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of the British Empire, with their independence days.Some countries did not gain their independence on a single date, therefore the latest day of independence is shown with a … Australia didn't have a bloody war with the British like America did. Australia as a nation became part of the British Empire when the colonies federated on 1 January 1901 to become the Commonwealth of Australia. We were members of the British Empire up until the end of the British Empire.