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Marist Brothers Linmeyer (Marian College) is a coeducational school, pre-primary through high school, in Linmeyer, a suburb of
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The
Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brothe ...
established the first boys' school in Johannesburg on Koch Street in 1889. In 1966 the school moved from the heart of the town to the suburb of Linmeyer, Johannesburg. The primary and high schools have adjacent campuses and share the same sports fields.


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