The legacy of two Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance fighters is set to be honoured in Melbourne this month.

A public ceremony will be held on January 20 to honour Tunnerminnerwait, a Parperloihener clansman from North-West Tasmania, and Maulboyheenner — also known as Timmee —a Pairrebeenne/Trawlwoolway man from Cape Portland in Tasmania's North-East.

The pair were brought to Melbourne in 1839 by then 'Protector of Aborigines' George Augustus Robinson.

Three years later they became the first two people hanged in Victoria after being convicted for the murder of two whale-hunters in the Western Port area following a sham trial where neither were permitted to give evidence in their defence.

The pair are understood to be buried on the site of the Queen Victoria Market.

Set to be held at the site of their execution, a commemoration will be held at the Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Memorial on the corner of Victoria and Franklin Street.

The monument which was established by the Melbourne City Council in 2016.

Members of Smithton's Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation (CHAC) travelled to Melbourne to attend last year's commemoration, where CHAC chair Selina Maguire-Colgrave said she, general manager, Peter Benson, and cultural manager, Camilla Woolley were "blown away" by interstate support for Tunnerminnerwait, their "original freedom fighter".

"To come over to another state and see so many people here, and to see him still smiling, I think he would be smiling today," Ms Maguire-Colgrave said at the time.

"I don't know if he'd be happy or sad that we're still fighting for our freedoms in some ways, but he's our original freedom fighter."

At last month's Mannalargenna Day, North-East Tasmania's Melaythenner Teeackana Warrana Aboriginal Corporation held a ceremony to return Maulboyheenner's spirit to Tebrakunna Country.

MTWAC acting general manager, Nick Cameron, told National Indigenous Times returning Timmee's spirit to his home Country was a highlight of the annual event.

"The ceremony was really well received," Mr Cameron said, who described the event as a "special" experience which was enjoyed by all involved.

The Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Commemoration Committee have held the public ceremony since 2006 to "honour the tens of thousands of First Nations men, women, and children who were slaughtered during the colonisation process — a process whose impacts continue to profoundly affect First Nations people today".

"Publicly acknowledging these historical and ongoing injustices is one small but important step toward addressing this deeply unsatisfactory reality," the Committee said.

The Committee is inviting members of the public to join in "remembrance, respect, and truth-telling" at this year's commemoration on Tuesday 20 January from 12pm.