Barbara Hardy ko Barbara Rosemary Hardy (an haife ta 31 Maris 1927) ita 'yar Australiya ce mai kula da muhalli kuma scientist. Ita ce majiɓincin Cibiyar Barbara Hardy, mai alaƙa da Jami'ar SA. Cibiyar Barbara Hardy tana binciken ƙarancin rayuwa da makamashi mai dorewa. Bukatun bincikenta sun haɗa da makamashi mai sabuntawa, kiyaye halittu masu rai da ci gaba mai dorewa ta muhalli. An haifi Hardy a Largs Bay, Kudancin Ostiraliya. Ta yi karatun sakandarenta a makarantar ’yan mata ta Woodlands tana da shekara 16 kuma ta yi karatun digirin kimiyya a Jami’ar Adelaide. Daga baya ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Flinders. Hardy yana aikin sa kai a fagen muhalli tun shekarun 1970s. Barbara Hardy (nee Begg) ta auri Tom Hardy, cikin dangin da ke cikin ruwan inabi da kwale-kwale. Hardy ta ba da aikin sa kai a Majalisar Karewa, tun daga 1972, sannan ta shiga digiri a fannin kimiyyar duniya a Jami'ar Flinders, a 1972. Hardy ya yi aiki tare da ministan muhalli, David Wotton, a cikin 1970s da 1980s.