Recently I was saddened to hear of the passing of Brett Wild, Chairman of the Taskforce Veteran organisation and a tireless advocate for the restoration of the Scheyville Military Precinct at Scheyville National Park.
Brett was instrumental in securing Federal funding to arrest the decline of the buildings and find adaptive reuse for the site as a Veterans hub and military museum.
The site is special to me and I’ve taken an interest its history. I was saving this footage for a longer project I am working on documenting the history of the site, which also includes the Dreadnought scheme, the Scheyville Migrant Camp and the Officer Training Unit of the Australian Army.
However it seems more appropriate to share Brett’s words here, recorded in February 2025 as a tribute to his vision for Veterans and to preserve this unique site in our local history.
Vale, Brett Wild.