Footage from the September 20, 2019 Sydney Climate Strike march as it gathered in the Domain and, later on, as the crowd marched past NSW Parliament House.
Thousands left the Domain via Art Gallery Rd, and at least some of those were prevented from joining the main march by police.
The main march took about 40 minutes to go past. This is just some of the footage of the march.
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