| Location | Essenden, Victoria, Australia |
| Age | 44 years |
| Date of Birth | 2/1962 |
| Date of Death | 9/2006 |
| Visitors | 4,656 since 04/09/2006 |
| Creator |
Stephen Robert Irwin was born in Melbourne in 1962. When he was 8 the family moved to Queensland, where they started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. Irwin was involved from an early age: he helped to look after the reptiles, having been given a scrub python for his sixth birthday (for which he started to catch fish and rodents) and by the age of 9 was jumping into rivers at night and catching crocodiles with his bare hands. In time he became one of the stars of the Queensland government’s rogue crocodile relocation programme. Many of the crocodiles were relocated to the family’s park, which was expanded in 1987.
Four years later Irwin took over management of the park, renaming it Australia Zoo, and the following year married Terri, who had been a visitor to the park. They went on a crocodile-trapping honeymoon in northern Australia, which — because of a chance meeting with with his old friend John Stainton, a television producer — became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter series.
Ten one-hour episodes were made over the following three years, and more than 50 in total. Irwin was typically to be seen crawling towards wild crocodiles, snakes, goannas and spiders, among many other animals. “I would never blame an animal if it bit me, that is for sure," he said to one interviewer, “because I’m at fault, not them". He later estimated that he had been bitten more than 1,000 times. He was sanguine as ever when his leg was “ chomped" by a saltwater crocodile and needed 12 stitches. “I heal so quickly," he said. “I tell you what, if you cut my arm off I would grow a new one."
Irwin in fact felt rather more fear than he showed, and was particularly edgy in the presence of parrots. “For some reason parrots have to bite me. That’s their job. I don’t know why that is. They’ve nearly torn my nose off."
The popularity of Irwin’s programmes boosted business in reptile parks around Australia. Conscious of the educational impact he could have, he frequently reminded his public that many of the animals — including 17 of the 23 crocodile species — were rare or endangered. He fulfilled his mission as an environmentalist by creating International Crocodile Rescue and the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation — which later became an independent charity and was renamed Wildlife Warriors Worldwide.
As a recognised ambassador for conservation he was invited to become the face of the Australian Customs quarantine publicity campaign, part of the effort to keep animal and plant diseases out of Australia. He and his slogan “Quarantine matters! Don’t muck with it!" brought about a 25 per cent increase in the number of people volunteering information about potential breaches; it was the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service’s most successful campaign.
His zoo, meanwhile, was thriving. Having undergone Irwin’s imaginative improvements — including the addition of an Animal Planet Crocoseum, rainforest aviary and Tiger Temple — it attracted the US Olympic track team during their visit to Australia for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and was voted Queensland’s top tourist attraction in 2002. Its success was helped by Irwin’s appearances in the Eddie Murphy film Dr Dolittle 2 and another, weakly plotted, feature film, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002), which nevertheless won the best family feature film award for a comedy film at the Young Artist Awards.
But Irwin had a few lapses of judgment: in 2004, during a public show at his zoo he “did a Michael Jackson" and fed a chicken to a crocodile while holding his baby son Bob in his other arm 3ft away. It caused outrage — and prompted the Queensland government to ban children and untrained adults from entering crocodile enclosures — but Irwin vigorously defended himself, saying that the child was in no danger, and that it equated to other children learning to swim.
Then, in June 2004, Irwin was said to have breached an Australian law prohibiting people from getting too close to Antarctic wildlife in filming whales, penguins and seals. In response to the outcry a special edition of Crocodile Hunter, entitled Crocodiles & Controversy, was made to explain both incidents.
Appearances on Larry King Live (2004) and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2006) helped him to win back some support, and Irwin had just signed a deal with Warner Brothers and IMAX in America to make an IMAX film next year. He was filming an underwater documentary Ocean’s Deadliest on the Great Barrier Reef, when he died.
Irwin owned land in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the US. He was a fan of Essendon in the Australian Football League, and loved mixed martial arts competitions. He supported the conservative Liberal Party, and once described the Prime Minister, John Howard, as the “greatest leader in the entire world". Howard returned the favour on hearing of Irwin’s death, calling him “the genuine article . . . he took risks, he enjoyed life, but he brought immense joy to millions of people, particularly to children". Among Irwin’s legacies is Elseya irwini, a new type of snapping turtle he discovered on the coast of Queensland. He was named Tourism Export of the Year in 2004.
Irwin’s death in a stingray attack is thought to be only the second known case in Australia. Stainton has said that Irwin’s eight-year-old daughter Bindi, whose new TV show will appear in January, will succeed him as wildlife warrior.
He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.
Steve Irwin, naturalist, environmentalist and TV presenter, was born on February 22, 1962. He died on September 4, 2006, aged 44.
Steve was killed whilst filming footage for his daughter Bindi Sue's TV programme after circumstances had dictated that he could not film for his own TV show.
A Stingray he was swimming with must have been spooked and swung it's barb up into Steve's chest killing him almost instantaneously.
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Crikey Mate you were a legend.
Never have I known anyone so enthusiastic and dedicated to a cause. An almost childlike wonderment and infectious love of all things and an example to us all, If only everybody thought like you the world would be a great place to live. Sadly missed by everyone. Even if you didn't know him he seemed like your best friend. GodBless Steve-o,with your beloved mom Lyn now. R.I.P. Mate
"You're alright Mate!" Fletch xx
"He was the Australian that we all aspire to be," - Russel Crowe
"I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it." Steve Irwin 1962 - 2006
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Thinking of you at Christmastime
You're in my thoughts today
You've only gone to Heaven
To watch over us each day.
Today we'll spend together
just like we always do
I'm sending Christmas Wishes
with love
from me to you.
Christmas blessings
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~ GOODNIGHT GODBLESS ANGEL ~
`♥ Christmas Without You`♥
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Christmas without you here with me,
can never possibly be the same.
But I carry an Angel within my heart;
one so precious, who has your name.
An Angel forever watching over me,
at Christmas time, and over the year.
Although you can't be here anymore,
inside my heart, you are so very near.
There is no special present for you,
wrapped up under my Christmas tree.
But I have a greater gift to give to you;
all the love you can still feel from me.
No, Christmas time without you here,
could not ever possibly be the same.
But, I have had the precious gift of you,
and the memories and love, will remain.
� Pamela Hall
All my love Sylvie
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Like storms in the desert
And petals of a dying rose
Why you went to heaven
Only the Lord knows
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Like trees in a forest
And the early morning dew
God only takes the best
That’s why he took you
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Like gardens of Eden
And rainbows in the sky
You’re one of these beauties
And no one need to ask why
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Like the setting of the sun
And the rain and winter showers
You live on through it all
As God gave you these powers
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Like God made little green apples
He was the one that made you
And though he took you early
He will be the one to see you through
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And you live on forever
Through wind, rain, and shine
And I thank the dearest Lord
That on earth you were mine.
♥ By Margaret Pilkington ♥
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it can`t rain all the time
When I'm lonely,
I lie awake at night
and I wish you were here.
I miss you.
Can you tell me
is there something more to belive in?
Or is this all there is?
It can't rain all the time.
The sky won't fall forever.
And though the night seems long,
Your tears won't fall, forever
WHY GOD MAKES KIDS
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God makes little children
He makes them every day
And though He loves them dearly
He gives them all away.
He gives each to an angel
And says take baby down
To such and such a mother
In such and such a town.
Or such and such a cottage
In such and such a place.
He gives the angel with it
A big soul full of grace.
God does so love those children
It's all that He can do
To let the Angel take them
But he loves the mother's too.
And so he says I'll lend you
This little one of mine
The angel folds it's love
About the special gift divine.
The angel watches over
The child both day and night
So glad to see that lovely soul
All shining in God's light
God makes so many children
And every now and then
He seems to want one specially
We don't know why or when
He whispers to its Angel
Bring the child back to me
The angel sees a lovely sight
That someday we may see
It sees the souls of mothers
And fathers in God's light
Offering him tiny children
Whose souls are shining bright
God does so love those children
Whos souls are never dim
And how he loves those parents
Who give them back to him.
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love Sylvie
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE
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Birthday Remembrance
Thinking of you on your birthday Steve
But that is nothing new
For no day dawns and no day ends
Without a thought of you.
We cannot send a birthday card,
Your hand we cannot touch,
But God will take our greetings
To the one we love so much.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE
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bigs hugs from me to you and your family
and friends that you miss you ever day but
in our hearts forever you will not be forgotin
all my love hugs and xxxx from me Sylvie
mommy of Samantha Belanger and
Granddaughter of Albert and Marie-Jeanne
Belanger take care bye for now.
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i`ll be missing you
Everywhere I go
Every smile I see
I know you are there
Smilin back at me
Dancin in moonlight
I know you are free
Cuz I can see your star
Shinin down on me
Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless..."
Paul Bowles
If Tears Could Build A Stairway
If tears could build a stairway,
And memories a lane.
I would walk rigt up to heaven
And bring you back again.
No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say "Goodbye".
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knows why.
My heart still aches with sadness,
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to love you-
No one can ever know.
But now I know you want me
To mourn for you no more;
To remember all the happy times,
Life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten,
I pledge to you today-
A hollowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay
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