In the British Empire, a self-governing colony was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without...

Autonomy Consent of the governed Secession Self-determination Self-governing colony Self-management Self-ownership Sociocracy Swaraj Greenland in Figures...

Charter defines a non-self-governing territory (NSGT) as a territory "whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government". In practice...

moves towards representative self-government in the mid-nineteenth century, and South Australia became a self-governing colony in October 1856. The French...

of government in the intervening years, South Australia became a self-governing colony in 1857 with the ratification of the Constitution Act 1856, and...

were granted "responsible government", making them largely self-governing. A Crown colony: a type of colonial administration of the English and later...

The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia. At its greatest...

Zealand was established as the Colony of New Zealand, separate from New South Wales, in 1841. The colony became self-governing in 1853 following the passing...

Status of Aliens Act 1914 allowed local jurisdictions in the British self-governing territories to continue regulating nationality in their jurisdictions...

as Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur. When the island became a self-governing colony in 1855, one of the first acts of the new legislature was to change...