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Australians paid tribute on Tuesday to the life of environmentalist and television "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin, a year after his death from a stingray barb while filming.
Fans turned up at his Australia Zoo to remember Irwin but his immediate family marked the anniversary in a low-key way in the United States. A zoo spokeswoman said there would be no special events.
In Queensland state where he died while filming on the Great Barrier Reef, state Premier Peter Beattie commended Irwin as a great cultural ambassador.
"The spirit of Steve Irwin lives on in many ways," Beattie said in the state parliament.
"I again pay tribute to his energy, joy and commitment to conservation and wildlife, and acknowledge all those who continue his work today," he said.
Queensland has marked Irwin by naming an ecotourism award in his honour and renaming the main road through the town of Beerwah, where his Australia Zoo is located, after the television personality.
Tributes flowed for the way his widow Terri and daughter Bindi, 9, have conducted themselves since Irwin was killed by the stingray barb, which pierced his chest.
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Fans turned up at his Australia Zoo to remember Irwin but his immediate family marked the anniversary in a low-key way in the United States. A zoo spokeswoman said there would be no special events.
In Queensland state where he died while filming on the Great Barrier Reef, state Premier Peter Beattie commended Irwin as a great cultural ambassador.
"The spirit of Steve Irwin lives on in many ways," Beattie said in the state parliament.
"I again pay tribute to his energy, joy and commitment to conservation and wildlife, and acknowledge all those who continue his work today," he said.
Queensland has marked Irwin by naming an ecotourism award in his honour and renaming the main road through the town of Beerwah, where his Australia Zoo is located, after the television personality.
Tributes flowed for the way his widow Terri and daughter Bindi, 9, have conducted themselves since Irwin was killed by the stingray barb, which pierced his chest.
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