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Alice Basten, pioneering woman accountant

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Alice Basten, pioneering woman accountant

Together with her sister Caroline, Alice Basten was one of the first prominent female accountants in New Zealand. The Basten sisters ran a public accounting firm in Auckland for most of the 1920s and also taught accounting practice. Alice Basten was a member of the Auckland City Council from 1933 to 1935, when this photo was taken.

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Philip Colquhoun, Accountancy – Developments in accounting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24885/alice-basten-pioneering-woman-accountant (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Colquhoun, published 8 December 2009.