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Former Dominions of the British Empire

Name the "dominions" of the British Empire, which were quasi-independent entities still technically under royal control.
According to Wikipedia
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Last updated: March 17, 2017
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Dominion
1867
1953
Canada
1901
1953
Australia
1907
1953
New Zealand
1907
1949
Newfoundland
1910
1953
South Africa
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Dominion
1922
1949
Irish Free State / Éire
1947
1950
India
1947
1953
Pakistan
1948
1953
Ceylon
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Level 74
Mar 18, 2017
Well played with that 1907 - 1949. Only got it because someone here at work mentioned it yesterday. Quite the debate before we looked it up.
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Level 75
Jul 27, 2017
Newfoundland has its own dedicated gate to Buckingham Palace, for what it's worth.
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Level 70
Jul 27, 2017
Yeah. It's easy to forget that Newfoundland was at one point a sovereign country, (or at least a sovereign as Canada at the time).
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Level 74
Jul 20, 2019
It's not if you've lived there, or know anyone who has :)
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Level 72
Mar 18, 2017
Not sure I quite understand his quiz. My understanding was Ireland, and most of the others, were fully independent at the start dates. Can you explain QM? Surely the Queen didn't remain as technical head of state of Ireland for 27 years after independence?
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Level 66
Jul 27, 2017
Wikipedia states that Ireland (not including Northern Ireland) was a dominion from 1922 until 1937. After that it gained independence, but was still technically de jure under the British crown until the republic act of 1948.
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Level 74
Feb 13, 2024
The Queen? Might want to check a list of monarchs, Algernon.
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Level 68
Mar 18, 2017
Actually, according to this wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State British monarch was the head of Irish State till 1936 (or desputable 1937).

But the very same page gives information that Ireland was a dominion till 1931, not 1949 as indicated in this quiz

Also, I'd like to mention that a dominion status is a very different thing from having British monarch as a head of state, or being part of Commonwealth later on.

I like idea of that quiz very much

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Level 88
Aug 13, 2018
Use a genuine source, not Wikipedia written by anyone with a pulse and you might learn the truth.
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Level 74
Oct 21, 2020
The source of this quiz was Wikipedia...
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Level 59
Jul 27, 2017
Great quiz! Come check out my quizzes by clicking on my name!
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Level 59
May 12, 2023
No
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Level 38
Jul 27, 2017
No Cyprus or Malta?
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Level 59
Jul 27, 2017
Why should they be? Were they ever dominions?
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Level 38
Jul 27, 2017
No Hong Kong,Nigeria,Singapore and Malaysia
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Level 60
Jul 27, 2017
No Hong Kong, Nigeria, Singapore and Malaysia...
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Level 67
Jun 12, 2020
No Hong Kong, Nigeria, Singapore, and Malaysia....
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Level 78
Dec 21, 2020
You can say that again.
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Level 59
May 12, 2023
No Hong Kong, Nigeria, Singapore, and Malaysia....
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Level 20
Jul 28, 2017
How about a quiz on all the countries all over the World that were at one time colonized and enslaved by the British Empire and in which all their natural resources were stripped from the country so that Evil Empire could enrich itself. After all the British Empire drew lines in the sand and across mountain ranges declaring who was who. Most of the ills in the World today can be traced back to the BE, most notably the Middle East and Central East. Should make for a great quiz.
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Level 40
Aug 3, 2017
Triggered much
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Level 50
May 6, 2018
It's also worth remembering that many ills have been carried out by many countries, not just Britain. In fact it is safe to say that no country, past or present is completely blameless.
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Level 88
Aug 13, 2018
Blame Canada.
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Level 79
Feb 11, 2019
*Triggered freedom fighter alert*
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Level 38
Feb 22, 2019
bit of a long title for a quiz
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Level 53
Jun 20, 2020
RULE BRITANNIA
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Level 32
Jun 5, 2019
Where's U.SA??? It was also part of the british empire! (thirteen colonies of british north america
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Level 82
May 29, 2020
They were never a Dominion. They went straight from being a constituent part of the British Empire to full, real, independence. That's what the Revolutionary War was about..
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Level 60
Nov 8, 2022
Plus the desire to keep other humans as slaves of course
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Level 59
May 12, 2023
What? That's the civil war bud
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Level 86
Nov 9, 2019
Many African countries were full dominions for brief periods of time, like Ghana, Kenya, etc.
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Level 50
Feb 7, 2020
Ugh missed Newfoundland and Ceylon. Good quiz
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Level 74
Nov 26, 2020
Pakistan should stand before India. It left the UK a day earlier.
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Level 78
Dec 21, 2020
Such a 'rivalry' exists between Pakistan and India....
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Level 72
Jun 19, 2021
imagine being triggered by this
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Level 64
Jan 30, 2024
If they're right, and that's how the dominions are ordered, then I think it should be that way
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Level 74
Mar 22, 2021
I think you should add the Dominion of New England based on the definition you provided in the description. It's a commonly forgotten piece of British, American, and colonial history. It's very interesting to learn about and investigate. I suggest looking at primary sources first before secondary sources.