What is the relationship between Britain and Australia?

Australia was once a British colony. It was the first place in Britain to exile prisoners, and later became a British colony. After independence, it is still one of the Commonwealth countries, but it is politically and economically independent and has no necessary connection with Britain.

The English accent in Australia will have a British English accent, which is different from that in the United States. Americans don't have many traces of being colonized by Britain.

The Governor of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch. According to the current laws of Australia and Britain, Australia is a member of the Commonwealth, and the British monarch is also the Australian monarch. Therefore, the Governor-General of Australia usually exercises the position of head of state.

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In A.D. 1780, Britain decided to open up new colonies in Australia, firstly to obtain resources, and secondly to prevent France from occupying Australia. But Australia was too far away from other British colonies at that time, and there was no foundation at that time, so the British people were very negative about immigrating to Australia. This can't beat the British high-level: "Since normal people don't want to go, let the prisoners go first ~"

1788 65438+1October 26th, after more than six months' voyage, arthur phillip, a British navigator, led the first batch of immigrants to land in Sydney and established the first Australian prison.

Philip's immigration fleet * * * has 1, 473 people, 750 prisoners (the ratio of male to female is about 4: 1), 9 prison officers, and more than 200 guards and sailors on board. Later, some prisoners were exiled to relieve the pressure on British prisons.

190 1 year 1 month 1 day, all the colonies in Australia were changed to states, six colonies were unified into a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was established. At the same time, the first constitution was adopted.

1927, the Australian capital moved to Canberra.

193 1 year, the British Parliament passed the Westminster Act, which made Australia independent in domestic and foreign affairs and became an independent country in the Commonwealth.

1986, the British Parliament passed the Australia Relations Act, and Australia gained full legislative power and judicial final adjudication power.