Scheyville () is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Scheyville is located northwest of the Sydney central business district in the

Hawkesbury Hawkesbury or Hawksbury may refer to: People *Baron Hawkesbury, or Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), English statesman Places ;Geography *Hawkesbury Island, an island in British Columbia, Canada * Hawkesbury Island, Queensland ...

Military history

From 1965 to 1973, Scheyville was the site of

Officer Training Unit, Scheyville The Officer Training Unit, Scheyville (OTU Scheyville, pronounced Skyville) was a military training establishment for officers of the Australian Army. Located in the area of in the Hawkesbury region of Sydney, Australia, the establishment was ...

(OTU Scheyville), established to provide training to meet the growing need for officers for the new conscripts called up for service under the

national service scheme The National Service Scheme (NSS) is an Indian government sector public service program conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. Popularly known as NSS, the scheme was launched in Gandhiji's Centenary ...

Parks

In 1997 large tracts of land in the area were dedicated as the

Scheyville National Park The Scheyville National Park () is a protected national park that is located in the northwestern suburbs of Sydney in New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately northwest of the Sydney central busi ...

. The area is named after

William Schey William Francis Schey (1857–1913) was an Australian politician. Early life Schey was born in England and educated in London. After a short time in New Zealand, Schey arrived in Sydney as first mate of a ship in 1875. After tiring of work on ...

, MLA, the Member for Redfern and later Darlington between 1887 and 1898. The park is listed on the

New South Wales Heritage Register The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...

References

External links

Fields of Memories – The Scheyville Training Farm and Migrant Accommodation Centre 1911–1964
Suburbs of Sydney City of Hawkesbury {{Sydney-geo-stub