The series debuted on Australian TV screens in 1996 and made its way onto North American television the following year. Film footage of their honeymoon, taken by John Stainton, became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter. Steve and his wife Terri spent their honeymoon trapping crocodiles together. Career The Crocodile Hunter and related work Irwin and Terri with Wes Mannion, the other cast member of The Crocodile Hunter. Irwin took over the management of the park in 1991 and renamed it Australia Zoo in 1998. He worked as a volunteer for Queensland's East Coast Crocodile Management program and captured over 100 crocodiles, some of which were relocated, while others were housed at the family park. Also at age nine, he wrestled his first crocodile, again under his father's supervision. He began handling crocodiles at the age of nine after his father had educated him on reptiles from an early age. On his sixth birthday, he was given a 12-foot (4 m) scrub python. Irwin became involved with the park in a number of ways, including taking part in daily animal feeding, as well as care and maintenance activities. After moving to Queensland, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where Steve grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles. Irwin described his father as a wildlife expert interested in herpetology, while his mother Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. He moved with his parents as a child to Queensland in 1970, where he attended Landsborough State School and Caloundra State High School. His great-great-grandfather Joseph Irwin from Dublin settled in Tasmania, Australia in the 1870s. His parents were both of English and Irish descent, with some Swedish on his mother's side. Stephen Robert Irwin was born on his mother's 20th birthday to Lynette 'Lyn' Hakainsson (1942–2000) and Bob Irwin in Upper Ferntree Gully, a suburb of Melbourne. The Irwin family continues to operate Australia Zoo.

Numerous parks, zoos, streets, the vessel MY Steve Irwin, the snail species Crikey steveirwini, and the asteroid 57567 Crikey have been named in his honour. His death became international news and was met with expressions of shock and grief by fans, the media, governments, and non-profit organizations. In 2006, Irwin died from an injury caused by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary in the Great Barrier Reef. They also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Steve's parents in Beerwah, Queensland. The couple also hosted the series Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and New Breed Vets. He achieved international fame in the late 1990s from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series that he co-hosted with his wife, Terri. Irwin grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles and was educated regarding them by his father, Bob. Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known as ' The Crocodile Hunter', was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist.

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