Steve Irwin was from the Southern Hemisphere.
Southern Hemisphere . It contains all or parts of five continents ( Antarctica , Australia , about 90 % of South America , the southern third of Africa , and several southern islands off the continental mainland of Asia ) , four oceans ( Indian , South Atlantic , Southern , and South Pacific ) and most of the Pacific Islands in Oceania . Stephen Robert Irwin ( 22 February 1962 -- 4 September 2006 ) , nicknamed `` The Crocodile Hunter '' , was an Australian nature expert and television personality .