[1] She took passengers to the colony of South Australia from London (25 or 26 April[3][4] 1840[a]) to Port Adelaide (10 August 1840[6]), under Captain Henry Kenney.

[8] She departed Port Adelaide on 18 September 1840 for Encounter Bay, to refuel for the return journey to London, planned for December.

[9] The ship left for London on 23 January 1841 with two passengers, and "a full cargo of colonial produce, consisting of 320 casks of oil, 326 bundles of whalebone, and 400 bales of wool", under Captain Kenney.

[22][23][b] Lalla Rookh sailed from Auckland, New Zealand, on 23 May 1849 to Port Jackson, the harbour of the colony of New South Wales, arriving on 14 June 1849.

[c][29] In late August 1850 she was advertised as a packet ship, built as a 600-ton frigate, in London Docks, with cargo loaded and ready to depart for California, looking for passengers.

[32] A ship of this name under a British flag was reported driven ashore and feared wrecked at Gibraltar on 1 December 1852 (unconfirmed).

[33] The last mention of this ship in Australian waters is its departure from Sydney for San Francisco under Captain Haines on 4 May 1853, with five passengers listed and 95 in steerage.