The area that is now Rushton Park was first gazetted as a sanitation site on 20 August 1926, and was converted to a recreation reserve in September 1958, under the Mandurah Road Board.

[4] The ground held its first West Australian Football League (WAFL) match in April 1986 between Perth and South Fremantle, with a record attendance at the time of 7,147 people.

[6] As well as football, the ground also hosted two cricket matches between a Western Australia Country XI and touring Sri Lankan and Tamil Nadu sides, in 1987 and 1988, respectively.

[10] Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season matches in 2004 (Fremantle and Kangaroos) and 2006 (West Coast and St Kilda), attracted crowds of 7,527 and 8,283 people respectively, with the latter a new ground record.

[15] An AFL pre-season match between West Coast and Port Adelaide during the 2012 NAB Cup was attended by approximately 9,000 people, setting a new ground record.