Julie Gough is an artist, writer and curator based in Tasmania, Australia. She was born in St. Kilda, Melbourne, and has also lived in Western Australia and Queensland.
Her paternal heritage is Scottish and Irish. Her maternal Aboriginal heritage is of the Trawlwoolway people of Tebrikunna, and her lineage has been traced to her ancestor, great-great-great-grandmother Dolly Dalrymple.