Streatham, Victoria

Streatham, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Streatham
state = vic


caption =
lga = Rural City of Ararat
postcode = 3351
est =
pop = 377
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Lowan
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 196
dir1 = W
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 80
dir2 = W
location2= Ballarat
dist3 = 55
dir3 = S
location3= Ararat
dist4 = 28
dir4 = W
location4= Skipton
dist5 = 67
dir5 = E
location5= Dunkeld

Streatham IPA| ['strɛtəm] is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, located on the Glenelg Highway, 80 kilometres west of Ballarat, in the Rural City of Ararat. At the 2006 census, Streatham and the surrounding agricultural area had a population of 377.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26685
name=Streatham (State Suburb)
accessdate=2008-04-08]

Streatham is one of the earliest settlements established in the area covered by the current-day Rural City of Ararat Council. In the 1840s the site was known as Fiery Creek, after the waterway by which it is located, but was named after Streatham, London, England in 1852. The Post Office opened on September 1, 1844 as Fiery Creek (Streatham from January 1, 1854. Citation

last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ] Fiery Creek was the region's first Post Office and was also a meeting place for settlers. [ cite web|url=http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/preview.php?state=WA®ion=67&view=1309 |title=Historical Towns Directory: Streatham |accessdate=2008-04-08 |publisher=Australian Heritage ]

The main industry is agriculture, a variety of crops are grown, canola, lupins, wheat, oats, triticale and barley. Sheep, fine wool, meat, and cattle are also a product of the area. [ cite web|url=http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=362&h=0 |title=Our Community |accessdate=2008-04-08 |publisher=Ararat Rural City Council ]

On the February 12 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. The Church, post office, community hall, shops and eighty-one homes were all destroyed in the blaze. Other fires were reported at Lismore, Tatyoon, Pura Pura, Penshurst and at Cressy. [ cite web|url=http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/history/majorfires.htm |title=Major Fires |accessdate=2008-04-08 |publisher=CFA ]

The town with nearby localities Mininera and Westmere has a football team known as SMW Rovers which competes in the Mininera & District Football League.

External links

* [http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/Files/SMW.pdf Streatham-Mininera-Westmere Community Action Plan]
* [http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/ Rural City of Ararat] Municipality

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