Where is it?: Belair is a southern hills suburb. It is bounded by Gum Grove, Neate Avenue, Grafton Street, Laffers Road, Upper Sturt Road, Cherry Plantation Road, a line NE to Sheoak Road, Sheoak Road and the southern side of the Adelaide-Melbourne Railway line back to Upper Sturt Road and south along Upper Sturt Road to Laffers Road. Belair National Park covers over 50% of the suburb.
History: The name gas been the subject of nomenclature controversy, and the verdict is that this important point was christened by Gustave Adolph Ludwig after the birthplace of his wife in the French-owned Island of Martinique in the West Indies. The word means ‘beautiful air’.