cricket team (St Mary's Cricket Club) in the Wimmera Mallee Cricket Association. It has three hockey teams: a senior men's team (Hoops), a women's team, and a mixed junior team (Revengers), who were winners of the 2011 premiership. Warracknabeal also has a roller derby team called the Wheat City Derby Angels. They participate in tournaments around Victoria. Governance Warracknabeal is the seat of government for the Shire of Yarriambiack. It is also the administrative centre. The council offices are located in Lyle Street. The former town hall and theatre complex (built 1939-40), added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2009, is now used for civic purposes. Easter Y-Fest Y-Fest incorporates an Easter Saturday Street Parade, a 3 Day Vintage Machinery Rally at Wheatlands Museum, 4 Day Golf Tournament, 3-day Art Show, Easter Saturday Race Meeting and Waterski Spectacular. The town of 2400 people swells with many visitors, friends and family and offers many family and rich community events every year. The Easter Y-Fest is in its twenty-fifth year (2013) and continues to grow stronger as the individual events that make up Y-Fest, benefit from the joint marketing efforts of the Y-Fest Promotions Committee Inc. This Committee, made up of representatives from each of the individual event committees and Council, was formed as a marketing group to promote the Y-Fest concept and has been successful in boosting attendances at all venues. Notable people Arts and media Jack Hibberd (born 1940), playwright Nick Cave (born 1957), musician Military Linden Cameron MC (1918–1986), Australian army officer John (Jack) O'Dea (1920-1993), Lt Col, AFL ACT Hall of Fame Politics Thomas d'Alton (1895–1968), politician Jack Ginifer (1927–1982), Labor politician Bernie Dunn (born 1944), National politician Sport Ken Smale (born 1933), Australian rules footballer John Hayes (1939), Australian rules footballer Graeme Clyne (born 1941), Australian rules footballer Russell Crow (born 1941), Australian rules footballer Andy Wilson (born 1951), Australian rules footballer Graeme Schultz (born 1953), Australian rules footballer Lauren Hewitt (born 1978), Olympic track and field medalist Jeremy Clayton (born 1981), Australian rules footballer Natalie Medhurst (born 1984), netballer Matt Rosa (born 1986), Australian rules footballer Kyle Cheney (born 1989), Australian rules footballer See also Warracknabeal Airport Warracknabeal Cemetery References External links Warracknabeal Herald Warracknabeal Secondary College Warracknabeal's Easter Y-Fest Website Towns in Victoria (Australia) Wimmera Warracknabeal