title: Screening the dykes of Oz: lesbian representation on Australian television.
abstract: This article provides a survey of lesbian representation in Australian-made television programming. Beginning with the 1970s, when Australia led the Anglophone world in terms of queer representation on television, the article discusses major instances of queer women appearing on Australian television including in such shows as Prisoner, Home & Away, Neighbours, All Saints, The Secret Life of Us, Last Man Standing, and Kick.
authors.affiliation: University of New Castle, Australia. Rebecca beirne@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beirne
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D013690:Television