Windward Islands

St. Lucia, 1815, independent 1979

Grenada, 1763, independent 1974

St. Vincent, 1763, amp; the Grenadines, independent 1979

Dominica, 1763, independent 1978

Barbados, 1627, independent 1966

Jamaica, 1655, independent 1962

Trinidad, 1797, amp; Tobago, 1763, independent 1962

Australia, Commonwealth 1901

Queensland, autonomous 1859

New South Wales, 1788, autonomous 1855

Victoria, autonomous 1855

South Australia, autonomous 1855

Western Australia, 1829, autonomous 1890

Tasmania, 1825, autonomous 1855

Northern Territory

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Norfolk Island amp; Philip Island

Lord Howe Island amp; Ball's Pyramid

Cocos (Keeling) Islands amp; Christmas Island

McDonald Islands, Shag Island, amp; Heard Island

Nauru, 1914, trustee of Aus, NZ, amp; UK, 1947, independent 1968

Papua-New Guinea, independent 1964

Papua, Queensland 1883, Australia 1901, to Papua-New Guinea

New Guinea amp; Bismark Archipelago, from Germany 1914, Australia Trust Territory 1919, to Papua-New Guinea

Solomon Islands, protectorate 1893, independent 1978

Fiji, 1874, independent 1970, leaves Commonwealth 1987

New Zealand, 1769, autonomous 1853

Cook Islands, etc.

Cook Islands

Rarotonga

Aitutaki

Atiu

Mitiaro

Mangaia

Suwarrow Atoll

Nassau

Palmerston Atoll

Niue Island

Tokelau Islands, etc.

Tokelau Islands (Union Group)

Atafu

Nukunono

Fakaofo

Rakahanga (Tongareva) Atoll

Penrhyn Atoll

Manihiki Atoll

Auckland Islands amp; Campbell Island

Antipodes Islands

Bounty Islands

Chatham Islands

Kermadec Islands

Raoul (Sunday) Island

Macauley Island

Curtis Island

L'Esperance Rock

Western Samoa, from Germany 1914, independent 1962 (Samoa)

Tonga, protectorate 1900, independent 1970

Hew Hebrides, 1887, Anglo-French Condominium 1906-1980, independent (Vanuatu)

Gilbert Islands, 1892, independent 1979 (Kiribati)

Elice Islands, 1892, independent 1978 (Tuvalu)

Pitcairn Island, 1838

Oeno Island

Henderson Island

Ducie Island

Phoenix Islands, etc.

Phoenix Group

Phoenix Island

Sydney Island

Hull Island

Gardner Island

Canton Island, US-UK condominium

Enderbury Island, US-UK condominium

Christmas Island

Fanning Island

Washington Island

Starbuck Island

Malden Island

Union of South Africa, 1910, Republic of South Africa, out of Commonwealth 1961-1994, rejoins Commonwealth 1994

Cape Colony, 1795

Natal, 1843

Orange Free State, protectorate 1848, independent 1854, annexed 1902

Transvaal, protectorate 1877, independent 1881, annexed 1902

Prince Edward Islands

Walvis Bay, 1884, to Southwest Africa

Southwest Africa, from Germany 1915, independent 1990 (Namibia)

Swaziland, 1890, independent 1968

Basutoland, 1868, independent 1966 (Lesotho)

Bechuanaland, 1885, independent 1966 (Botswana)

Mosambique, former Portuguese colony, joins Commonwealth 1995

East Africa

Kenya, 1887, independent 1963

Tananyika, from Germany 1917, independent 1961 (Tanzania 1964)

Zanzibar, 1890, independent 1963 (Tanzania 1964)

Uganda, 1888, independent 1962

Rhodesia amp; Nyasaland

Northern Rhodesia, 1889, independent 1964 (Zambia)

Southern Rhodesia, 1888, revolt 1965-1980 (Rhodesia), independent 1980 (Zimbabwe)

Nyasaland, 1889, independent 1964 (Malawi)

British Somaliland, 1884, to Somalia 1960

Eritrea, 1941-1952, to Ethiopia 1952

West Africa

Sierra Leone, 1787, independent 1961

Gold Coast, 1662, independent 1957 (Ghana)

The Gambia, 1661, independent 1965

Nigeria, 1861, independent 1960

Cameroon, former German colony amp; French mandate, joins Commonwealth 1995

British Cameroon, from Germany 1919, to Nigeria amp; Cameroon 1961

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