Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch ship Australië as troop transport towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 10 October 1860

An item reported that the Nederlandsche Handels Maatschappij ordered the Dutch ship Australië captain Jochems to transport 100 soldiers and 6 cabin passengers from the Netherlands towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies.