[3]: 149  A similar hybrid breed, the Australian Brangus, was separately developed in Australia from about 1950.

[4]: 138 Research into crossbreeding of Angus and Brahman stock was begun in about 1932 at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture near Jeanerette, Louisiana, where crossbreeding of Brahman and Shorthorn cattle had already shown good results.

[5]: 205  It was hoped that the good adaptation of the Brahman to hot and humid conditions could be combined with the better meat qualities of the Angus, as well as its black coat and polled characteristic.

By 1949 the cattle were distributed in sixteen American states and in Canada.

[5]: 207  It is reported (without distinction from the Australian Brangus) from twenty countries, with large populations in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa.