The First Fleet was the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port J â¦ ackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony.board the ships of the First Fleet were over 700 convicts, almost 200 soldiers (some with wives and families) and Captains Arthur Phillip and John Hunter.
The Sound of Silence  is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over the period of several months between 1963â1964.
The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel: Ideas Thoughts and Meaning for Today and Tomorrow. Â© Donald Reinhardt, August 1, 2011. It is an old song of the 60âs by two talented young men of that time and older men now of 2011. The message of that song is still as clear today as then.