Ernest Leviny Hungarian Silversmith to Castlemaine goldfields
Ernest Leviny (1818-1905) Leviny was born at Georgenberg, Hungary, in 1818 and trained as a silversmith and jeweller in Budapest. He lived and worked in Paris from 1843 to 1846, then moved to London, where he operated a manufacturing jewellers and goldsmith business between 1846 and 1852. The goldrush in Australia during the 1850s attracted Leviny to travel to the Victorian goldfields to try his luck. Arriving at Port Phillip, Melbourne, early in 1853, he went directly to the rich alluvial goldfields of Forest Creek, and the bustling new township of Castlemaine. There, he established a successful watchmaking and jewellery business in the Market Square. By 1863 he was able to retire from business and purchase Delhi Villa, later naming it Buda, after the city of his homeland. Researched by Lauretta Zilles curator of Buda Historic Home & Garden Produced by Ben Harding of Media Magnet Spoken by John Flaus
Fine Metalcraft Geumsok Gongye: The Art of Silversmiths Joungmee Do and Daehoon Kang
Buda Historic Home & Garden Curator Lauretta Zilles narrates this fascinating insight into Korean Australian silversmiths Joungmee Do and Daehoon Kang. Includes images of their stunning silver and metalwork jewellery and sculptures, as well as their shared workshop. Their exhibition Fine Metalcraft: Geumsok Gongye is on display at Buda Historic Home & Garden Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia from 29 August to 18 October 2015.