A river of Western Australia. Rising as the River Avon to the south-east of Perth, it flows north and west through Perth to the Indian ocean at Fremantle. It was the site of the first free European settlement in Western Australia.
Definition of Swan River in US English:
Swan River
proper noun
A river in western Australia. Rising as the Avon River southeast of Perth, it flows north and west through Perth to the Indian Ocean at Fremantle. It was the site of the first free European settlement in the state of Western Australia.