  Besides monitoring the bright star $\beta$ Pic during the near transit event
for its giant exoplanet, the $\beta$ Pictoris b Ring (bRing) observatories at
Siding Springs Observatory, Australia and Sutherland, South Africa have
monitored the brightnesses of bright stars ($V$ $\simeq$ 4--8 mag) centered on
the south celestial pole ($\delta$ $\leq$ -30$^{\circ}$) for approximately two
years. Here we present a comprehensive study of the bRing time series
photometry for bright southern stars monitored between 2017 June and 2019
January. Of the 16762 stars monitored by bRing, 353 of them were found to be
variable. Of the variable stars, 80% had previously known variability and 20%
were new variables. Each of the new variables was classified, including 3 new
eclipsing binaries (HD 77669, HD 142049, HD 155781), 26 $\delta$ Scutis, 4
slowly pulsating B stars, and others. This survey also reclassified four stars
based on their period of pulsation, light curve, spectral classification, and
color-magnitude information. The survey data were searched for new examples of
transiting circumsecondary disk systems, but no candidates were found.
