St Columba College is a

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and Anglican school in

Andrews Farm Andrews Farm is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford. History Andrews Farm was founded in 1991 as a suburb in the then Munno Para Council. It was formed following the renaming of Smithfield Wes ...

, a northern suburb of

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. The school has three campuses (junior, middle and senior) on both sides of President Avenue, the main street through the suburb of Andrews Farm. It is one of the leading schools in Adelaide's North, with over 1400 students across Reception to Year 12. St Columba College was the first joint Catholic and Anglican coeducational school in Australia. It was established in 1996 (first students 1997) as an ecumenical initiative by

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and Leonard Faulkner, the Anglican and Catholic archbishops of Adelaide at the time.

Notable alumni

* Awer Mabil, football player in the national team (graduated 2013; Alumni of the Year 2022)

References

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