Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Jirgin ruwa na Rasha na "Bogatyr" ya ziyarci Melbourne da Sydney a 1863. Bayani daga
'Yan gudun hijirar Poland sun nuna shirin Rasha don kai hari kan Ostiraliya don tallafawa batun Union. (Duba Ostiraliya da Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka: Rundunar Sojan Ruwa na Rasha) A cikin 1882 jiragen ruwa na Rasha guda uku <unk> "Afirka", "Vestnik" (Herald ko Manzo) da "Plastun" <unk> sun shiga tashar jiragen ruwa a Melbourne, suna haifar da fargaba a cikin manema labarai game da mamayewar Rasha. Wani ɗan gajeren motsi na dakarun tsaro ya biyo baya kafin rashin rashin cin zarafi ya bayyana. A shekara ta 1885 'yan mulkin mallaka na Biritaniya da ke damuwa sun yi tunanin cewa mamayar Rasha ta sake gabatowa kuma sun gina Bare Island Fort don kare "ƙofar baya ta Sydney" a Botany Bay