when did australia stop being ruled by britain
Britain had no right to rule peoples who did not want to be ruled by Britain. Britain realised that the Royal Navy was not strong enough to protect all the Empire anywhere in the world. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) promoted 'self-determination', or the right to rule yourself.n 1926, the British government agreed the Balfour Declaration â that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa were completely independent countries, freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. In 1947, India and Pakistan were given independence.