Kate Gardner interest antique umbrella with carved horn handle adorned with three ivory frogs with glass eyes, bearing silver ownership collar 'Kate Gardner, 80 Swanston Steet, Melb.',92 cm high.Kate Gardner (1852-1937), Melbourne's first female real Estate Agent. She opened a land and estate agency at 80 Swanston Street, Melbourne. She moved in high society and ordered many of her accoutrements from Asprey's, London.