Streatham /ˈstrɛθəm/ is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, located on the Glenelg Highway, 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Ballarat, in the Rural City of Ararat.

[1] Streatham is one of the earliest settlements established in the area covered by the current-day Rural City of Ararat Council.

[3] The main industry is agriculture, a variety of crops are grown, canola, lupins, wheat, oats, triticale and barley.

[4] On 12 February 1977, Streatham was partially destroyed by a bushfire which was one of many that spread rapidly across the plains of Western Victoria that day.

The fire left five men dead and a further seven people suffering heart attacks while defending their properties and the town.