Melbourne City Council will build a memorial to honour two Aborigines who were the first people executed in Melbourne.
Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener were hanged for their resistance to European occupation,which included the murder of two whalers.
On this day 20th January 1842 the first hangings in Melbourne took place.
Tunnerminerwait Maulboyheener
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