Mimosa Public School

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Mimosa Public School, is a school located in Frenchs Forest Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a co-educational Public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years K to 6. Students at the school come from the west half of Frenchs Forest.HistoryMimosa Public School was originally to be called Sorlie Public School after George Sorlie, an idealistic developer of land in the district. With the growth of the Belrose area in the 1960s, the New South Wales Department of Education made the decision to have a new area school alongside Frenchs Forest, Belrose and Wakehurst Public Schools. Construction commenced in 1969 for an anticipated 1970 opening. On 27 November 1969 the P&C Association of the proposed "Sorlie Public School" met along with the Principal-elect, Keith Archbold, at Wakehurst Public School to initiate plans for opening the school. It was at this meeting that school uniforms were decided upon, however it was also felt that the name was not well chosen, and alternatives were proposed by a "Renaming" Committee. At the next P&C meeting on 19 January 1970, the members forwarded their name nomination, "Birralee", to the Geographic names board; this was later rejected on grounds that it was already in use by another school. It was also at this meeting that the Principal announced that a High School would be built on the land adjacent to the school, with construction commencing in 1972. This would later become Davidson High School.