The Lyndall Hadow Annual Award for Short Stories was created by the Fellowship of Australian Writers Western Australia (FAWWA) in 1977 to honour her.
[2] Her father Julian Stuart was active in trade unions and the editor of the Westralian Worker.
[7] Her stories deal with migrant assimilation, Aboriginal issues and the dependence of women on men.
[6] Political activist and writer, Mena Calthorpe, said of her, "What is astonishing is Lyndall Hadow's insight into women at so many different social levels.
"[2] She had difficulty getting some of her work published partially due to content that was ahead of her time including Aboriginal issues and lesbianism.