[1] Her father arrived in Melbourne from London in 1853, intending to mine on the goldfields before discovering the machinery he had brought with him to be unsuitable.

[1] As a young woman, Leviny was elected Secretary of the newly formed Women's National League branch at Castlemaine.

[6] After spending time in Melbourne attending the Domestic Science College, she worked as a house mistress and a matron at schools before returning to Buda in 1923, the year her mother Bertha died.

[7] This passion for gardening however led to her keeping bees at Buda and entering submissions into local flower shows.

[8] Leviny studied metal work and enameling under Stanley Ellis at the Castlemaine Technical School starting in 1925.

When Ernest died in 1905, the redecoration of the house began, heavily influenced by the arts and crafts movement at the time.