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 %26 Garfunkel Songfacts. 1  The first recording was an acoustic version on Simon & Garfunkel's first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, which was billed as exciting new sounds in the folk tradition, and sold about 2000 copies. When the album tanked, Simon and Garfunkel split up. What they didn't know was that their record company had a plan.