Call him what you want, 'Mallee Boy', 'True Blue' or just plain 'Fair Dinkum', there is no denying that after 40 years in the music industry, John Williamson is an Australian icon. Three ARIA Awards, 24 Golden Guitars, MO Awards, APRA Awards, Platinum and Gold albums, over 4 million album sales and the list goes on. This year John Williamson will celebrate a milestone regarded as a significant achievement in the entertainment industry, 40 years of success, four decades of hits, of celebrity and of sharing his love of Australia and poetry in song with it's people. It was June 4th 1970 that John Williamson made his debut. On the talent quest TV show, NEW FACES, Williamson competed with his selfpenned and still much loved "silly song" 'OLD MAN EMU'. He won, and since then has inspired pride in country, love of land and touched millions regardless of age, sex or creed. Look at some of the most significant events in Australia in the past few decades and he has been there. The 2000 Sydney Olympics, Steve Irwin's memorial, the Bledlisloe Cup, Sir Donald Bradman's memorial, the Rugby World Cup, the first Bali Bombings memorial service and the list goes on. He is ingrained in Australia's history as much as its future.

Tracklist:

Disc 1:
01. Mallee Boy 3:13
02. Raining On The Rock 4:15
03. Galleries Of Pink Galahs 4:07
04. Hillbilly Road 3:03
05. Flower On The Water 3:09
06. Rip Rip Woodchip 2:57
07. A Bushman Can't Survive 4:10
08. Wrinkles 4:38
09. Wintergreen 3:35
10. Australia Is Another Word For Free 3:15
11. Salisbury Street 3:32
12. Cootamundra Wattle 3:51
13. Hawkesbury River Lovin' 3:29
14. You And My Guitar 2:46
15. Three Sons 3:33
16. Cydi 2:57
17. Chandelier Of Stars 3:12
18. Boogie With My Baby 5:21
19. Diggers Of The Anzac 3:36
20. Old Man Emu 2:51
21. True Blue 4:01
22. Island Of Oceans 2:56

Disc 2:
01. Wendy Matthews - Flower On The Water 3:20
02. The Waifs - Salisbury Street 4:48
03. Shannon Noll - Galleries Of Pink Galahs 4:13
04. Kasey Chambers - Cootamundra Wattle 5:02
05. James Reyne - Chandelier Of Stars 3:32
06. Greg Storer And Sara Storer - Paint Me A Wheelbarrow 3:39
07. Songbirds - Tubbo Station 4:23
08. Ash Grundwald - You And My Guitar 5:25
09. Ami Williamson - Truckie's Wife 4:18
10. Troy Cassar-Daley - Raining On The Rock 3:50
11. The Ordinary Fear Of God - Wintergreen 4:03
12. Adam Harvey - Hillbilly Road 3:12
13. Tommy Emmanuel - Old Man Emu 3:18