Why is Australia one of the Commonwealth countries?

Australia used to be a British colony. It was first a place where British prisoners were exiled, and later became a British colony. After independence, it is still considered one of the countries in the Commonwealth, but it is politically and economically independent and has no necessary connection with the United Kingdom.

The English accent in Australia has a British English accent, which is different from the United States. Americans do not have many traces of being colonized by the British.

The Governor-General of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch. According to current Australian and British laws, Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and the British monarch concurrently serves as the Australian monarch. Therefore, the Governor-General of Australia generally exercises the functions of the head of state.

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In the 1780s, Britain decided to open up a new colony in Australia, firstly to obtain resources, and secondly to prevent France from occupying Australia. However, Australia was too far away from other British colonies at the time, and there was no foundation at the time, so the British people were very negative about immigrating to Australia. This did not trouble the British senior officials: "Since normal people are not willing to go, let the prisoners go there first~"

On January 26, 1788, after more than six months of sailing , British navigator Arthur Phillip led the first group of immigrants to land in Sydney and set up a stick in Australia, establishing Australia's first prison = =

Philip's immigration fleet *** consisted of 1,473 people , there are 750 prisoners (the ratio of men to women is about 4:1), nine prison officials and more than 200 guards accompanying them, as well as sailors on the ship. Afterwards, many groups of prisoners were deported one after another to relieve the pressure on British prisons.

On January 1, 1901, the colonial areas in Australia were changed into states, and the six colonial areas were unified into a federation, forming the Federation of Australia. At the same time, the first constitution was adopted.

In 1927, the capital of Australia was moved to Canberra.

In 1931, the British Parliament passed the Act of Westminster, which gave Australia independence in domestic and foreign affairs and became an independent country in the Commonwealth.

In 1986, the British Parliament passed the "Relationship with Australia Act", and Australia gained full legislative power and final judicial power.