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.
It fits well in being about depression. But it can also be a dystopian vision of future with increasing alienation between people, which I think is the most common interpretation. Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence Lyrics | SongMeanings. Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly internationally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable to love each other..