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Sarah Casey, Program Coordinator: Bachelor of Communication, University of the Sunshine Coast

From Charlene the mechanic to Australian TV's first gay marriage: was Neighbours feminist?

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From its early days, Neighbours reinforced stereotypes of white Australian heteronormative suburbia. But it also evolved to push boundaries around representations of gender, sexuality and feminism.

As we farewell the residents of Ramsay Street, we are also saying goodbye to 37 years of a popular culture juggernaut and how it mirrored – or didn’t – social change since the mid-1980s.

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