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.
In 1999, BMI named The Sound of Silence as the 18th most-performed song of the 20th century. In 2004, it was ranked No. 157 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the duo's three songs on the list. The song is now considered the quintessential folk rock release.