DNA tests could reveal the identities of bodies found in an underworld graveyard in Sydney.

The tests could verify the bodies of Melbourne hitman Christopher Dale Flannery and missing heiress Juanita Neilsen, presumed victims of Sydney gangsters in the 1970s and '80s, News Ltd reports.

The pair's DNA will be be tested against samples from bones found in sand dunes at Kurnell, near Botany Bay, by workers building a desalination plant in 2005.

Soon after police contacted relatives of Flannery, known as Mr Rent-a-Kill, to obtain a DNA sample, the report says.

NSW homicide commander Detective Superintendent Michael Willing says the remains belong to two males and there is the possibility of a third person.

Police will match samples against their missing persons database.

There is speculation the dunes could have been a dumping ground for killers such as Neddy Smith, the report says.

'Because of that, some people are suggesting they (the bones) could be Flannery's or a missing prostitute called Lyn Woodward,' Det Willing told News Ltd.

'To be honest, we do not have any idea whose remains they are.'

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