Where was the mother country in federation?

Answer 1

In the context of Australian federation, the "mother country" refers to Great Britain. Australia became a federation on January 1, 1901, uniting the six separate colonies into a single Commonwealth, while still maintaining a constitutional link to Britain. This relationship persisted until the gradual movement towards legislative independence, culminating in the Statute of Westminster in 1931 and the eventual legal independence marked by the passage of the Australia Act in 1986.