Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
Fremantle doctor
The cooling afternoon sea breeze that regularly reaches Perth and south-west Western Australia from the Indian Ocean.
In a sentence
The Fremantle doctor cooled the city late in the afternoon.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre records Fremantle doctor as a Western Australian expression with nineteenth-century evidence.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Western Australia; regional distribution varies