Background
He was born in London to picture dealer William Waterloo Gisborne Varley and Anne Daston.
He was born in London to picture dealer William Waterloo Gisborne Varley and Anne Daston.
He migrated to New South Wales in 1861 and was educated at Maitland, where he became a newspaper proprietor.
He worked for the Newcastle Herald and from 1881 managed the Clarence and Richmond Examiner, becoming proprietor in 1887. In 1905 he moved to Sydney, and his paper became the Daily Examiner. Varley died at Bellevue Hill in 1936.
From 1917 to 1934 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Nationalist and United Australia parties.
