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{{Short description|Shopping mall in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia}} |
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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}} |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} |
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{{Infobox shopping mall |
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| name = Cat and Fiddle Arcade |
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| image = Cat-and-fiddle-arcade1.jpg |
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| caption = The Cat and Fiddle clock |
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| location = [[Hobart City Centre]], Australia |
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|52|55|S|147|19|37|E|type:landmark_region:AU|display=inline,title}} |
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| opening_date = 1962 |
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| developer = |
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| manager = Silverleaf Investments Pty Ltd |
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| owner = |
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| number_of_stores = 70 |
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| number_of_anchors = 4 |
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| floor_area = |
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| parking = 1700 |
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| floors = 2 |
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| website = {{URL|https://www.catandfiddlearcade.com/}} |
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}} |
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'''The Cat and Fiddle Arcade''' is a shopping mall located in [[Hobart]], Tasmania, Australia and covering a city block of about 17 buildings<ref>{{cite web |title=Cat & Fiddle Arcade |url=https://meyershircore.com.au/project/cat-fiddle-arcade/ |website=Meyer Shircore Architects |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref> at 49-51 [[Murray Street, Hobart|Murray Street]], accessible via the [[Icon Complex]] on [[Liverpool Street, Hobart|Liverpool Street]] and the [[Elizabeth Street Mall]], and also bounded by [[Collins Street, Hobart|Collins Street]]. |
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Its name derives from an 1817 alley near the [[Hobart Rivulet]] where an inn called the Cat & Fiddle operated until 1862.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tas That Was – The Opening of the Cat and Fiddle Arcade (1962) |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2020/03/tas-that-was-the-opening-of-the-cat-and-fiddle-arcade-1962/ |access-date=1 July 2024 |agency=Tasmanian Times |date=27 March 2020}}</ref> [[Charles Davis Limited]] operated at this location from 1847 to 1984 (which acquired [[FitzGerald's Department Stores]] in 1981).<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.catandfiddlearcade.com/history |website=Cat and Fiddle Arcade |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref> Major floods have affected the mall, including in [[1929 Tasmanian floods|1929]], [[June 1947 Tasmanian floods|1947]] and most recently in [[2018 Hobart floods|2018]]. |
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The arcade is famous for its [[musical clock]], which features the ''[[Hey Diddle Diddle|Cat and the Fiddle]]'' nursury rhyme played by [[glockenspiel]] and [[vibraphone]]. Along with at least 70 specialty stores, the mall contains a [[Myer]] and [[Target Australia|Target]] which each cover two levels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Store Directory |url=https://www.catandfiddlearcade.com/store-directory |website=Cat and Fiddle Arcade |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Commons category|Cat and Fiddle Arcade}} |
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*[[List of shopping centres in Australia]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www.catandfiddlearcade.com/ Cat and Fiddle Arcade] |
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{{Hobart landmarks}} |
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{{Shopping centres in Tasmania}} |
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