Sonke siyazi ukuthi i-Australia yazalwa iyikoloni laseBrithani kepha iqiniso ukuthi ithola inkululeko yayo. Uyazi kanjani? Awu, naka. Isizinda sokuqala saseYurophu e-Australia sisukela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX. Iba yiqembu lamakoloni, ayisithupha esewonke, kepha ngekhulu le-XNUMX base bejabulele uhulumeni othile wangaphakathi ozimele futhi baba nephalamende labo lamakoloni. I-England, iMotherland, ibinakekela ukuzivikela kwayo kanye nobudlelwano bayo namanye amazwe, ingenelela ngqo ngezikhathi ezithile.
Lolu hlobo lobudlelwano lwenziwa lwaba semthethweni ngokusayinwa kwesivumelwano esibizwa Ukuqinisekiswa Kwemithetho Yamakholoni ngo-1855. Yize ngakolunye uhlangothi yayiyinhle, ngakolunye uhlangothi yagcina isinzima ekuthuthukiseni umnotho wamakoloni. Ngalesi sizathu, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngekhulu le-1890, kwaqala ukuzalwa kwenhlangano eyayihlanganisa ngokuphelele i-Australia. Lokho wukuthi, umqondo bekungukuthi amakoloni ayisithupha ahlangane njengezizwe ezihlangene. Ngenxa yalokho kwaba nemihlangano eminingana kwathi ngonyaka we-XNUMX kwamukelwa umthethosisekelo owawugqugquzelwa yiNgilandi kanye ne-United States: ngakho-ke kwazalwa ubukhosi basephalamende besigaba sokuqala nesombuso sesibili. Abahlali bamakholoni ayisithupha bavotela lo mthethosisekelo (abesifazane babekwazi ukukwenza lokho kuphela e-South Australia nase-Aborigines lapha naseQueensland).
Ngakho, i I-Commonwealth yase-Australia ekugcineni yazalwa ngonyaka we-1901: ukuzalwa kwesizwe esinombutho waso kanye nenxusa laso. Eminyakeni edlule, kuzokwenziwa izinguquko ezintsha ezizonciphisa amandla nethonya leGreat Britain futhi nanamuhla kunenhlangano enamandla yokuguqula izwe libe yi-republic.