Marguerite Henriette Mahood (née Callaway, 1901-1989) was an Australian graphic artist, ceramicist, sculptor, author and historian.

[3][4] In the 1930s, Mahood attended classes in applied arts at the Working Men's College (the predecessor to RMIT), and studied independently with Leslie Wilkie.

[4] On 16 June 1923 at the Independent Church, Collins Street, she married with Congregational forms Thomas Orrock George Mahood, an engineer.

[5] In 1926 Mahood became one of the first women in Australia to broadcast her own radio program, presenting a popular weekly discussion of art and architecture on the forerunner to the ABC between 1926 and 1929.

The increasing popularity of stoneware, changing taste in art and interior decoration, and her age influenced Mahood’s decision to cease her ceramic practice.

She continued to produce artworks throughout her life, including a range of sculpted metal works and in her later years focused on sinuous linoprints of animals.

The Audubon Society of Canada, which publishes Conservation and Nature activities and articles, wrote to her and she produced a similar series on how to draw Canadian animals.

Always one for dramatic career changes, Mahood returned to academics earning a Master of Arts in 1965 and PhD in history in 1970 from the University of Melbourne.

[4] Mahood believed that the newspaper cartoon reflected the 'man in the street's' view of history and developed this argument, notwithstanding advice that it would not produce a satisfactory thesis.

[9] While the Sydney Technological (Powerhouse) Museum was the only institution to acquire her ceramics during her lifetime, her work is now held in regional, state, national, and international collections.