Welcome to Steve Irwin's Memorial

Welcome to Steve Irwin's Online Memorial! This memorial is a dedication to Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter. This is a place for Steve Irwin fans and mourners alike to meet each other and express their thoughts and feelings. You can also find Information about Steve Irwin, as a person and conservationist, and find out how he died. You can post condolences and tributes to Steve Irwin and his family through the Condolences page and Steve Irwin Forums. We have received visitors (on the homepage alone) and 9559 condolences and tribute messages since the 5th of September, 2006 and counting!
Steve Irwin died early morning on the 4th of September, 2006 while filming his documentary which is based on unravelling the mysteries of Stingrays and other sea creatures. You can find out more information on how Steve Irwin died.
You can post your Steve Irwin tributes and condolences and we will try our best to get them through to Steve's family and friends. Steve Irwin's Online Memorial is updated on a regular basis, especially as news becomes available.
Articles on Steve Irwin's Death - Steve Irwin Articles | |
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On 4 September 2006, shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time (01:00 UTC), Irwin was killed by a stingray barb while filming an underwater documentary in the Great Barrier Reef off the Low Isles near Port Douglas, north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. News reports say he was stung either through his heart or through the left side of his chest by a stingray, causing a fatal wound. After he was stung, his crew called for medical help and the Queensland Rescue Helicopter responded. However, Irwin was immediately pronounced dead at the scene. The Queensland Police Service notified his family and released a statement for the media concerning the event. In a statement released to Australian media, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer expressed his sorrow and said that he was fond of Irwin and was very appreciative of all the work he had done in promoting Australia overseas. |
Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin has died during a diving accident. Steve Irwin, 44, was killed by a stingray barb to the chest while he was filming an underwater documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Paramedics from the nearby city of Cairns rushed to treat him at the scene but were unable to save him. Steve Irwin was known for his television show The Crocodile Hunter and his work with native Australian wildlife. Police in Queensland confirmed the naturalist's death and said his family had been notified. Steve Irwin was married with two young children. It gets its name from the razor-sharp barb at the end of its tail, coated in toxic venom, which the animal uses to defend itself with when it feels threatened. (..Continued on BBC News) |
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A DOCTOR has told of the desperate efforts to save Australian icon Steve Irwin after the Crocodile Hunter was struck in the chest by a stingray barb today. Irwin, 44, died this morning after being fatally injured while filming a nature documentary off Queensland. The news has shocked the nation and prompted a rush of tributes from politicians and the public alike. Irwin's wife Terri was in Tasmania at the time of the tragedy and had to be contacted by police with the terrible news. The couple's daughter Bindi, 8, was with her father in north Queensland, Irwin's director and producer John Stainton said from Cairns. Mr Stainton said Irwin had gone “over the top of a stingray and a stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart”. |
Steve Irwin died soon after being hit by the barb while he was filming a documentary at Batt Reef, near Low Isles off Port Douglas in north Queensland. Ed O'Loughlin was aboard the Emergency Management Queensland Helicopter which was called from Cairns at 11.21am (AEST). "It would be highly unusual for a stingray to cause this type of injury," Dr O'Loughlin said. Irwin, 44, was being given CPR at Low Isles as the helicopter arrived less than one hour after the incident but Dr O'Loughlin said nothing could be done to save him. "It became clear fairly soon that he had non-survivable injuries," Dr O'Loughlin said. "He had a penetrating injury to the left front of his chest." "He had lost his pulse and wasn't breathing." Dr O'Loughlin said it appeared Mr Irwin had suffered a "form of cardiac arrest" but a post-mortem examination would be conducted in Cairns. |
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