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Irwin Family Legacy in Focus as Robert Irwin Competes on Dancing With the Stars

Coverage traces Australia Zoo’s conservation roots, showing Steve Irwin’s mission carried forward by his family.

Overview

  • Steve and Terri Irwin married in 1992, and their filmed crocodile-relocation honeymoon became the premiere episode of The Crocodile Hunter.
  • The family’s wildlife park began in 1970 as the Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park, which Steve took over in 1991 before it was renamed Australia Zoo in 1998.
  • Terri Irwin, now 61, has said she has not dated since Steve’s 2006 death and has expressed no plans to remarry.
  • Robert Irwin, 21, continues work at Australia Zoo and is currently competing on Season 34 of Dancing With the Stars, including a Dedication Night routine honoring his mother.
  • Bindi Irwin helps run Australia Zoo with her husband, Chandler Powell, and daughter, Grace, with the family’s efforts chronicled in Crikey! It’s the Irwins from 2018 to 2022.