Pam, I have done a catalogue search of ANL and have found reference to a Thomas Varney, but I do not know if he had anything to do with Gippsland history. . Varney, Thomas A., 1940- Varney, Thomas A., 1940- From gutter to glory : a real life story of a modern-day miracle / [by] Thomas A. Varney as told to Peter Barfoot. 1979 Walter