Australia was originally established as the British-governed colony of New South Wales. Australia was not a single British colony, but rather six separate colonies. These colonies became states which federated on 1 January 1901, coming together as the Commonwealth of Australia.
Although the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia came into effect at Federation, this did not mean that Australia was now independent of Britain. When the UK approved colonial federation, it simply meant that the six self-governing states of Australia allocated some functions to a federal authority. Australia gained the status of a Dominion, which meant it remained a self-governing colony within the British Empire, with the Head of State being the British monarch. The British government appointed Australia's Governor-General and State Governors, who answered to the British government.
All Dominions essentially ceased being colonies within the British Empire when they were declared "equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations" at the Imperial Conference of 1926. The Statute of Westminster 1931 ratified the discussions of the Imperial Conference. This meant that Australia and other Dominions such as South Africa, New Zealand and Canada could now conduct treaties and agreements with foreign powers, and manage their own military strategies. No longer were the Australian Governor-General, Parliament and individual governors answerable to the UK. The British monarch could only act on the advice of the Australian Government, and the Governor-General was no longer appointed by and answerable to the British monarch.
As South Africa as we know it today was only formed in 1909 you could say it became a British colony then, but a lot of that area was under British control from 1795.
In 1910, South Africa became a dominion of the British Empire, a self governing colony.
In 1931 South Africa was effectively granted independence from the United Kingdom with the passage of the Statute of Westminster.
Australia became its own country on 1 January 1901.
Egypt being the Most northern British colony in Africa and South Africa being the most Southern colony in Africa.
They didnt become a colony
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Nazi's were at war with Great Brittan, South Africa was a British colony.
You may be thinking of Orange Free State, a British colony and later a province of South Africa
The Union of South Africa was a self ruled British colony from 1910. It declared total independance from Britain in 1931 and the Republic of South Africa was formed in 1961.
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Northernmost: EgyptSouthernmost: South AfricaANS 2 - Egypt was never a British colony.
The UK didn't ever own all of Africa, although they owned a considerable amount. The first British African Colony to become independent was South Africa in 1910 (although the UK still controlled the nation). The last one was Rhodesia in 1980.