The White Hat Guide to 7 Melbourne Events that were Bigger Than The Beatles

We sometimes hear people promoting Melbourne events as 'bigger than The Beatles visit', so we thought we might start our little list of seven events whose impact we feel was bigger than The Beatles tour. They might not always have had the short, sharp impact of that event but we have chosen some that we think that have had an ongoing impact influencing many people over a period of time.

• No.1 - The Light of the World

• No. 2 - The Great Exhibition

• No.3 - South Street

• No.4 - The Return of Sir John Monash to Melbourne

• No.5 - The Melbourne Centenary

• No.6 - The Herald Art Show

• No.7 - The Ballets Russes