In April 1988 Williamson issued his seventh studio album , '' Boomerang Café '' , which peaked at No . 10 on the Kent Music Report . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 , '' Boomerang Café '' won his second award for Best Country Album . At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January 1989 , he won ' Top Selling Album ' and ' Album of the Year ' for '' Boomerang Café '' . Despite the title song 's lyrics , Williamson has told concert audiences that he did not actually meet his future wife , Mary-Kay , in The Boomerang Cafe but actually by a water tank . Williamson performed at the opening of the New Parliament House . In September 1989 , he issued '' Warragul '' ( meaning dingo in the Wiradjuri language ) , which became his first number-one album the following month . That same year Variety Club named him ' Entertainer of the Year '
ARIA Music Awards of 1989
ARIA Music Awards of 1989
John Williamson (singer)