A double murderer has lodged an appeal against two life sentences imposed on him for killing his girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter, claiming they are "manifestly excessive".

Daniel James Holdom has been in custody since November 2018 after pleading guilty to the murders of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, 20, and her two-year-old daughter Khandalyce Pearce 10 years earlier.

Ms Pearce-Stevenson's remains were found in NSW's Belanglo State Forest in 2010, but were not identified until her daughter's remains were discovered five years later in a suitcase dumped beside a South Australian highway.

The sentencing judge highlighted the "appalling depravity" and "very great heinousness" of the murders and noted Holdom had shown no remorse.

But Holdom, now 51, claims the sentences imposed on him

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