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.
Eleanor Parker, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in The Sound of Music, has died aged 91. She found Hollywood fame in the early Fifties when she was nominated for Oscars three times, in 1950, 1951 and 1955. Her most famous role was the baroness in the film of The Sound of Music. She starred as the love rival for Christopher Plummer's affections, with Julie Andrews as the singing nun Maria. Parker's work after The Sound of Music was intermittent, though she appeared in Fantasy Island, Murder, She Wrote and The Love Boat.