Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Russian Imperial Navy corvette "Bogatyr" yakaita shanyo youshamwari kuMelbourne neSydney muna 1863. Mashoko anobva kuvapoteri vokuPoland
akanongedzera kuzvirongwa zveRussia zvokurwisa Australia mukutsigira chinangwa cheMubatanidzwa. (Ona Australia neAmerican Civil War: Imperial Russian Navy) Muna 1882 ngarava nhatu dzeRussian Navy <unk> "Africa", "Vestnik" (Herald kana kuti Messenger) uye "Plastun" <unk> dzakasvika pachiteshi chengarava muMelbourne, dzichimutsa kutya kutsva mupepanhau kwokupinda kweRussia. Kuunganidzwa kwenguva pfupi kwemauto okudzivirira kwakatevera kushaya chinangwa chokurwisa kusati kwajekeswa. Muna 1885 vagari vokuBritain vaiva nehanya vakafunga kuti kurwisa kweRussia kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika zvakare uye vakavaka Bare Island Fort kuti vadzivirire "musuo wokumashure weSydney" muBotany Bay