Bob Irwin
| Bob Irwin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Irwin 8 June 1939 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Lyn Irwin (d. 2000) Judy Irwin |
| Children | Joy (daughter) Steve Irwin (son, deceased) Mandy (daughter) |
| Relatives |
Terri Irwin (daughter-in-law) Bindi Irwin (granddaughter) Robert Irwin (grandson) |
Robert "Bob" Irwin (born 8 June 1939) is an Australian naturalist, animal conservationist, and a pioneering herpetologist who is also famous for his conservation and husbandry work with apex predators and reptiles. He is the father of Steve Irwin. He continues to campaign for wildlife and its environment through his foundation: Bob Irwin Wildlife and Conservation Foundation Inc.
Bob Irwin was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He married Lyn, a maternity nurse who died in a single automobile accident in 2000. Together, they had three children, a daughter, Joy, son Stephen (who died in 2006), and second daughter, Mandy. While Irwin made a living as a plumber, and Lyn as a maternity nurse, the family's consuming passion was rescuing and rehabilitating local wildlife. Steve Irwin, the couple's middle child, would not only come to fulfill the roles of curator and director of the Beerwah Reptile Park, but also produce and star in his highly popular educational documentary series, The Crocodile Hunter. Steve would enlarge the park to its present size of 72 acres (29 ha) and rename the park the Australia Zoo.
Steve Irwin wrote on his website:
What a childhood! My mum was the Mother Teresa of wildlife rehabilitation. Our house was a giant maternity ward fair smack-dab in the middle of the Beerwah Reptile Park. It was nothing for us kids to be sharing our house with orphaned joey kangaroos, sugar gliders, ringtail or brushtail possums, koala joeys, baby birds and untold amounts of other injured Australian animals. What a wild menagerie, and an exceptional household to be raised in.
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