CANBERRA.- Fred Williams revolutionised the way we see and think about the Australian landscape. In the 1960s, inspired by the landscape of Victoria close to where he lived, he distilled the essence of environment in his paintings and works on paper. However, while the subjects were regional, Williams wanted to convey a wider sense of place. The local was the template for the more general, unifying elements of the continent. His intuitive sense of unity was confirmed over the years with his growing interest in geology and his broadening experience of diverse aspects of the country, from Erith Island and Flinders Island in Bass Strait in the south to Cape York in far north Queensland to the Pilbara region in Western Australia. For all the differences he