In July 1970, the principal, Mr Leo Webb, requested that the name be changed due to the confusion with St Albans High.

In the early 1970s, the main road that runs along the centre of Kealba (Driscolls Rd) was originally called Fox Rd.

In the late 1970s, a severe storm caused damage to half a dozen homes in which a number of them were completely destroyed.

This land was marketed as 'Observatory Point' due to the views of the Brimbank Park, EJ Whitten Bridge and the Melbourne CBD.

In July 2017, the local newspaper, Star Weekly, reported that the Kealba Secondary site had been sold for $24.16 million.

Local residents campaigned against the plan due to the overdevelopment of the site and the impact it was have on the neighbouring houses.

The landfill has had four underground fires burning for three years starting in 2019 which produced a smell described as "rotting carcasses" and was the result of oxygen being in contact with decomposed waste.

[3] Both EPA Victoria and Barro Group monitored the air quality and concluded that the long-term risk to health from the smell was low.

[4] Early 2023, the licence to operate the landfill, which was suspended in 2021 got cancelled by EPA and the remaining fire kept burning.