[3] She took settlers to the colony of Natal (now part of South Africa) in 65 days, the fastest passage thus far achieved.
[3] She was used for trading among the Australian colonies, including several journeys between Port Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales.
[1] She departed for Fiji in October 1859,[15] and is recorded as arriving in Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, in April 1860.
[16] On 19 November 1860 the brig, sailing under a New Zealand flag, was driven ashore and damaged at Port Albert, Victoria, on a voyage from Wellington to Melbourne, but was able to be refloated.
[2] However, in April 1898 Lalla Rookh was reported as having sunk in 25 feet (7.6 m) of water after striking a dolphin near the head of Darling Harbour.