Biography of Jeffrey Gough

As a schoolboy, Jeffrey was a Naval Reserve Cadet before serving as a Midshipman in the Royal Australian Navy.

An Associate of the State Conservatorium of Music, Jeffrey studied pipe organ under the tutelage of David Rumsey and Jim Forsyth at the School of Organ and Church Music of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music. He read English at University College of
the University of New South Wales and then Latin at John XXIII College of the Australian National University before continuing his studies at Westminster House in the United Kingdom.

Former Organist at the Chapel of Our Lady of Westminster, Jeffrey founded Gough Litmus Composition Services Pty Limited in 2020 as the entity through which he publishes his literary and musical compositions.

Gough Litmus Composition Services Pty Limited is an Affiliate Regional Member of the Royal School of Church Music (Queensland Branch).

A former chorister in the Choir of St Alban’s Anglican Church in North Epping, and the Choir of All Saints’ Anglican Church in Hunters Hill, since relocating from New South Wales to Queensland, Jeffrey has sung with the Bach Society of Queensland from 2021-2023 and the
Cairns Choral Society in 2023.

Now resident in Cairns, Jeffrey is a Foundation Member of the Veteran Community Business Chamber member, a member of the Queensland Writers Centre and a supporter of the Rondo Theatre and the Cairns Tropical Writers’ Festival.