[3] Lalla Rookh was reportedly used for blackbirding (the practice of taking people as slaves or indentured labourers from islands of the Pacific) at some point,[5][2] and later for carrying timber.
Several voyages between Townsville and Maryborough are reported between 1897[11] and 1898 under the command of Captain C. A. Nordstrom, most often described as a schooner,[11][12][13][14] but with at least one description as a 49-ton ketch.
[3] A 20 January 1900 report in the Brisbane Courier says she was last seen leaving for Maryborough, after having been anchored at the Pine Islet (one of the Percy Isles) sheltering from "the same stress of weather which it will be remembered caused the wreck of the schooner Eclipse".
[16] A search was undertaken by government steamers from Rockhampton and Maryborough,[18][19] but the vessel was not reported being seen afloat again, and the crew of four were presumed lost.
[1] No trace of a wreck was reported,[20] but months later a piece of timber was discovered on one of the Percy Isles, and was identified as part of Lalla Rookh.