Victoria was officially created a separate colony in 1851, and achieved self-government in 1855.

"Campaigning for a formal association of Celtic nations to take place once two or more of them have achieved self-government."

It is true that to achieve self-government there has to be a definition of just which people constitute a "self."

By the time the territories achieved self-government in 1978 and 1989 respectively, they did not need to enact specific legislation to enable the women's vote.

Tobago, the smaller of the country's two main constituent islands, achieved full internal self-government in early 1987.

Transkei was the first homeland to achieve internal self-government in 1963, followed by full "independence" on October 26, 1976.

On January 1, 1963, Belize achieved internal self-government, the last step before full independence.

More recently, both Canada and most of the Caribbean islands have achieved self-government, putting their relations into a different phase.

For instance in Africa, Nigeria has gone through the process of achieving full self-government in peace and good will.