Question: When did the country where the Harry Potter Series takes place take control of the country where most fossils of australopithecus have been found?

The country became a self - governing nation state within the British Empire, in 1934 following enactment of the Status of the Union Act. Following the defeat of the Boers in the Anglo - Boer or South African War (1899 -- 1902), the Union of South Africa was created as a dominion of the British Empire in terms of the South Africa Act 1909, which amalgamated the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony. The dominion came to an end on 31 May 1961 as the consequence of a 1960 referendum, which legitimised the country becoming a sovereign state named Republic of South Africa. A republican constitution was adopted. <SEP> harry potter is a british - american film series based on the harry potter novels by author j.k. rowling. the series is distributed by warner bros. and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with harry potter and the philosopher's stone (2001) and culminating with harry potter and the deathly hallows -- part 2 (2011). a spin - off prequel series will consist of five films, starting with fantastic beasts and where to find them (2016), marking the beginning of the wizarding world shared media franchise. <SEP> It is now called ``Little Foot ''and it is probably around three million years old. It was named Australopithecus prometheus which has since been placed within A. africanus. Then, in 1997, an almost complete Australopithecus skeleton with skull was found in the Sterkfontein caves of Gauteng, South Africa. Other fossil remains found in the same cave in 2008 were named Australopithecus sediba, which lived 1.9 million years ago. A. africanus probably evolved into A. sediba, which some scientists think may have evolved into H. erectus, though this is heavily disputed. <SEP> The fictional universe of British author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two distinct societies: the Wizarding World and the Muggle world. In the novels, the Muggle world is the world inhabited by the non-magical majority, with which the Wizarding world exists coextensively, albeit mostly remaining hidden from the non-magical humans. The term ``Wizarding World ''refers to the global wizard community that lives hidden in parallel with the Muggle world; the different terms refer to different communities within the same area rather than separate planets or worlds. The plot of the series is set in 1990s Britain, but in a veiled and separate shadow society wherein magic is commonly used and practised, and those who can use it live in self - enforced seclusion, hiding their abilities from the rest of the world. Any new works taking place in this universe are released under the`` J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World'' brand. <SEP> fantastic beasts and where to find them is a 2001 book written by british author j.k. rowling (under the pen name of the fictitious author newt scamander) about the magical creatures in the harry potter universe. the original version purports to be harry potter's copy of the textbook of the same name mentioned in harry potter and the philosopher's stone (or harry potter and the sorcerer's stone in the us), the first novel of the harry potter series. it includes several notes inside it supposedly handwritten by harry, ron weasley, and hermione granger, detailing their own experiences with some of the beasts described, and including in - jokes relating to the original series.