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John Robert Williamson Order of Australia (born 1 November 1945 in Quambatook, Victoria (Australia) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter. He is well-known for playing in Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) clubs at various venues around Australia. Williamson has released over thirty-two albums, ten Music videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books. He has received more than twenty-three Golden Guitar Awards at the Country Music Awards of Australia and has won two ARIA Music Awards (A.R.I.A. Awards) for Best Australian Country Record. Williamson has also featured in a number of television series as well as ‘’This is Your Life’‘. Many of his albums have gone Gold and Platinum and continue to do so. He has sold more than 2,000,000 albums in Australia alone. In 1970 Williamson’s first song, ‘’Old Man Emu’‘, went to No.1 and became gold. Another one of his classics, ‘’Mallee Boy’‘, became triple-platinum and won him an A.R.I.A. Award.

==Early life==
Williamson was born and raised in the The Mallee district of northwestern Victoria (Australia). His parents were both performing artists. Williamson is the oldest of five brothers. His influence on country music came from his ‘farmland, not city bitumen’ lifestyle, therefore he is often referred to by his nickname ‘The Mallee Boy’.
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  • mvanoudenaarde

    love his stuff..even though i am not aussie i really enjoy his his songs.

    5 Apr 2010 Reply

  • lihei

    Bullshit persona from Williamson that seems to get dragged out every time there is something going on in Australia.

    5 Mar 2010 Reply

  • Dylbear

    Grew up on this as well. Brilliant song writer.

    19 Feb 2010 Reply

  • SnowyGem

    Man i grew up on his stuff - mum plays Joan Baez and John Williamson on guitar :D - love Flag of Our Own, Rip Rip Woodchip, Galleries of Pink Galahs, Old Man Emu, Raining on the Rock. Made mum cry by singing Cootamundra Wattle - her fave - at a choir performance..... awesome songs!! love it!

    3 Sep 2009 Reply

  • richwhitelaw

    The Golden Kangeroo

    13 Aug 2009 Reply

  • Haz567

    OLD FARTS IN CARAVAN PARKS

    4 Jun 2009 Reply

  • skittles43

    Sir Don gets the heart (not to mention the tearducts) going every time for me. Same with A Number On My Back, The Baggy Green, and even Sydney 2000 sometimes. If aliens were to land in Australia and we wanted to explain true blue Aussies to them, we'd throw on John Williamson albums IMHO.

    11 Feb 2009 Reply

  • erikjan22

    i love that guy, he is my mate ^^

    17 Oct 2008 Reply

  • DutchECK

    I'm fair dinkum - bloody oath I am!

    9 Sep 2008 Reply

  • sampyA7X

    Met him briefly backstage at the Urban Country Music festival, very nice man. =] Amazing live.

    8 May 2007 Reply

  • NinjaCatfish

    *rips rips woodchips*

    5 Apr 2007 Reply

  • acidrock

    My first concert :)

    26 Sep 2006 Reply

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