Buckin’ broncos, cowboy boots and Stetsons will be the order of the day, and night, when the first Indigenous Rodeo Championships get underway in Mt Isa next month. 

Rodeo legends Fred Osman and Darren ‘Brandy’ Brandenburg have been visiting remote communities calling on Indigenous cowboys and cowgirls to enter the championships in the far west Queensland capital next month.

The new event has come about from a partnership between the Mona Aboriginal Corporation Isa Rodeo Ltd. 

It will take place on Thursday, August 11, followed by what is the largest rodeo in the Southern Hemisphere, the legendary Mount Isa Mines Rodeo. 

Osman is a two-time Australian and three-time and current Isa Rodeo Bareback champion, and Brandenburg is a former Australian Bull Riding champion, All-Round Champion cowboy and rodeo legend in these parts…