As a journalist, he provided his services to numerous publications and programmes, in both print and radio journalism, including The Herald, The Age, The Bulletin and The Sunday Australian.
[2] Born in Sydney, Fitzgerald graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Arts degree (English and Political Science).
[citation needed] In 1967, Fitzgerald was elected to the ACT Advisory Council for the True Whig Party, promising to take no action as a mock platform.
[citation needed] For many years, Fitzgerald was a member and chairman of the ACT Historic Sites and Building Committee (later renamed the Heritage Council), a body that had been established at his initiative.
[citation needed] The Committee sought to protect historic homesteads and buildings, during a time when Canberra was rapidly being extended into surrounding rural areas.
[citation needed] As a monarchist, he was a founding member and chairman of the ACT & Region branch of the ACM and played an active role in the Australian republican debate.