Rosemary Anne Balmford AM (née Norris; 15 September 1933 – 8 August 2017) was an Australian judge, barrister, solicitor and legal academic.
At Melbourne, she was awarded the Supreme Court Prize in 1954 for achieving the highest examination scores in her year.
[2] She then joined the firm Whiting & Byrne as a solicitor and partner, where she met and married Peter Balmford in 1963.
[2] As a member of the Equal Opportunity Board in the late 1970s, Balmford heard the landmark sex discrimination case Wardley v Ansett Transport Industries, when the board found that Ansett Airlines' refusal to employ pilot Deborah Wardley was illegal.
[3] In addition to her legal career, Balmford was a keen amateur naturalist, with a special interest in ornithology.