Editing Fremantle (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Fremantle Bathers Beach.jpg|thumb|[[Bathers Beach, Fremantle|Bathers Beach]] from a limestone hill]]
Fremantle lies on a series of limestone hills known by the [[Nyungar]] people as ''Booyeembara''; the sandplain to the east is ''Gardoo''.<ref>[[Robert Lyon (Australian settler)|Lyon, R. M.]], ''A Glance at the Manners and Languages of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia'', 1833; published in Green 1979 (below).</ref><ref>Green, N. (ed.) ''Nyungar: The People'', Creative Research Publishing, Mount Lawley College, Perth, 1979</ref> The original vegetation of the area was mainly ''[[Xanthorrhoea]]'' and [[eucalyptus]] trees, which were traditionally [[Cold fire (Noongar fire type)|fired]] annually by the Aboriginal people.

The [[Fremantle (suburb)|suburb of Fremantle]] is bounded by the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] to the north and north-west, the Indian Ocean to the west, South Street to the south, and the suburbs of [[East Fremantle, Western Australia|East Fremantle]] and [[White Gum Valley, Western Australia|White Gum Valley]] to the east. The central part of the suburb extends eastwards to include Royal Fremantle Golf Club and a suburban area south of Marmion Street and west of Carrington Street.<ref>{{Streetsmart WA|maps=Map 430-431}}</ref> The [[City of Fremantle]] local government area also includes the suburbs of [[Beaconsfield, Western Australia|Beaconsfield]], [[Hilton, Western Australia|Hilton]], [[North Fremantle, Western Australia|North Fremantle]], [[O'Connor, Western Australia|O'Connor]], [[Samson, Western Australia|Samson]], [[South Fremantle, Western Australia|South Fremantle]], and [[White Gum Valley, Western Australia|White Gum Valley]]. [[East Fremantle, Western Australia|East Fremantle]] has its own [[Town of East Fremantle|town council]] and is not governed by the City of Fremantle.

Fremantle is the end of the [[Fremantle railway line]] which runs from [[Perth]] to Fremantle, run by the Western Australia's [[Public Transport Authority (Western Australia)|Public Transport Authority]]. Major highways including [[Stirling Highway]], [[Canning Highway]] and [[Leach Highway]] have Fremantle as their start point and/or terminus.

=== Climate ===
Fremantle has a [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen]]: Csa). The regular sea breeze is known as the [[Fremantle Doctor]], as it provides cooling relief from the summer heat when it arrives between noon and 3pm. Fremantle is generally a few degrees cooler than Perth in summer.
<section begin="weatherbox" />{{Weather box
|location = {{no selflink|Fremantle}}
<includeonly>|collapsed = yes</includeonly>
|single line = yes
|metric first = yes
|Jan record high C = 42.4
|Feb record high C = 41.0
|Mar record high C = 39.4
|Apr record high C = 35.8
|May record high C = 28.3
|Jun record high C = 26.3
|Jul record high C = 25.5
|Aug record high C = 26.0
|Sep record high C = 26.8
|Oct record high C = 36.3
|Nov record high C = 39.0
|Dec record high C = 40.0

|Jan high C = 27.3
|Feb high C = 27.9
|Mar high C = 26.4
|Apr high C = 23.6
|May high C = 20.3
|Jun high C = 18.1
|Jul high C = 17.1
|Aug high C = 17.3
|Sep high C = 18.5
|Oct high C = 20.1
|Nov high C = 23.0
|Dec high C = 25.4
|year high C = 22.1

|Jan low C = 17.8
|Feb low C = 18.1
|Mar low C = 17.0
|Apr low C = 14.9
|May low C = 12.7
|Jun low C = 11.1
|Jul low C = 10.0
|Aug low C = 10.2
|Sep low C = 11.0
|Oct low C = 12.3
|Nov low C = 14.5
|Dec low C = 16.5
|year low C = 13.8

|Jan record low C = 11.7
|Feb record low C = 10.2
|Mar record low C = 7.4
|Apr record low C = 5.1
|May record low C = 5.1
|Jun record low C = 4.0
|Jul record low C = 3.0
|Aug record low C = 3.1
|Sep record low C = 2.2
|Oct record low C = 5.1
|Nov record low C = 6.7
|Dec record low C = 9.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 6.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 11.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 16.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 41.3
|May precipitation mm = 112.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 165.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 156.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 117.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 69.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 42.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 18.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 11.4
|year precipitation mm = 764.6

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 2.6
|Feb precipitation days = 2.6
|Mar precipitation days = 4.2
|Apr precipitation days = 7.8
|May precipitation days = 14.1
|Jun precipitation days = 17.8
|Jul precipitation days = 19.3
|Aug precipitation days = 17.4
|Sep precipitation days = 14.4
|Oct precipitation days = 10.9
|Nov precipitation days = 6.8
|Dec precipitation days = 3.9
|year precipitation days = 121.8

|time day = 1500
|Jan humidity = 57
|Feb humidity = 55
|Mar humidity = 57
|Apr humidity = 59
|May humidity = 62
|Jun humidity = 64
|Jul humidity = 66
|Aug humidity = 63
|Sep humidity = 62
|Oct humidity = 62
|Nov humidity = 59
|Dec humidity = 60
|year humidity = 61 

|source = Bureau of Meteorology<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_009017_All.shtml
|title = Climate Statistics for Fremantle, WA
|access-date =16 May 2012}}</ref>

|date=November 2012

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