He may have been one of the most globally famous Australians but Steve Irwin left surprisingly little in the way an inheritance to his children.

Upon his untimely death in 2006, the “Crocodile Hunter” was indeed rolling in it – by some estimates he had accrued more than $15 million.

But he left wife Terri and children Robert and Bindi with a comparatively small $200,000.

That all came from an insurance policy, reports realesate.com.au .

The rest of his multimillion-dollar fortune went into Australia Zoo and other wildlife work.

“Everything was reinvested into conservation work,” Terri told the Australian Financial Review in 2024. 4

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“I was in debt … and Steve’s life insurance, I think, was the sum total of $200,000, ($130,541 USD) which didn’t even cover half of one w

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