"Commonwealth" rakagamuchirwa zviri pamutemo kurondedzera nharaunda. Aya mativi ehukama akaitwa zviri pamutemo neStatute yeWestminster muna 1931, iyo yaishanda kuCanada pasina kudiwa kwekubvumidzwa, asi Australia, New Zealand, neNewfoundland vaifanira kubvumidza mutemo kuti utange kushanda. Newfoundland haina kumbobvira yaita, sezvo musi wa16 Kukadzi 1934, nemvumo yeparamende yayo, hurumende yeNewfoundland yakaguma hutongi uye yakadzokera kuLondon. Newfoundland yakabatana neCanada sechipurovhinzi chayo chegumi muna 1949. Australia yakabatana neCrown, uye yakabatana zvakasununguka senhengo dzeBritish Commonwealth of Nations.
Muna 1949