Jill's march to show 'peaceful defiance'

A community-led peace march is being planned on Sunday to remember Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. Source: AAP

A SOCIAL media movement that prompted 30,000 people to march through Melbourne in memory of Jill Meagher has come together again.

Users of Facebook, Twitter and even bloggers are widely promoting a peace march being held this Sunday to honour the murdered woman and other victims of violence.

Artist and photographer Philip Werner, who started last year's giant peace rally with a single online post that went viral, says he's not sure what kind of turnout to expect 12 months later.

"How do you predict these things?" he said.

The anniversary march - to be held on September 29 at noon starting on Sydney Road and Moreland Road in Brunswick - will be an opportunity for people to come together in "peaceful defiance" once again, he said.

"We need to do something positive with these negative feelings."

The tragic case of Ms Meagher's death in September last year has continued to draw national attention and outrage.

The 29-year-old had been walking home from an inner-city Brunswick bar when she was raped, murdered and buried in a shallow grave.

The community has widely backed her widowed husband's push since then to change parole laws and fix failures in the justice system.

Her killer, Adrian Ernest Bayley, is serving life in prison and was on Thursday denied an appeal bid against his 35-year minimum sentence.

Mr Werner said he hopes the legacy of such a tragedy will also be how the community came together in the face of senseless violence.

"We saw how the vast majority of people do care, and care very deeply," he said of last year's march of 30,000 people.

"We won't be forgetting her for a very long time."

A police spokeswoman said there's no estimated crowd size for this year's march, but officers will be on hand for crowd control if needed.

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