 Harford wrote a long-lost 190-page novel, "The Invaluable Mystery", eventually published in 1987 with a foreword by Helen Garner and an introduction by Richard Nile and Robert Darby.The political rock band Redgum recorded part of Harford's poem "Periodicity" set to music as "Women in Change" on their 1980 album "Virgin Ground".In Melbourne, the Victorian Women Lawyers' biennial Lesbia Harford Oration, given by an eminent speaker on an issue of importance for women, is named in her honour.