The school was officially opened on 28 October 1959 by then Western Australian Minister for Education, Arthur Watts.

Students were able to recover the wind vane missing from the house, which was discovered in the mud of the river bed.

[3] On 8 May 2008, then federal Education Minister Julia Gillard formally granted $63 million to re-build the school on the current site.

Donaldson + Warn Architects were commissioned to design the new school campus, and construction began in February 2011.

Mature Olive trees growing on the high bank overlooking the Swan River are believed to have originated in the colonial period.

The school stands on the site of a small cottage built by James Stirling during the Swan River Colony's infancy.

[10] Captain James Stirling, R.N., First Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice Admiral of Western Australia from 1829–1839 erected a 'Cottage Orne' here prior to 21 July 1831.Midland Junction High School (antecedent of Governor Stirling Senior High School): ^* The Government of Western Australia manages the Indian Ocean Territories under the Territories Law Reform Act 1992