Murder charges have been laid after police found the bodies of two men on a rural property two weeks apart.

They found the body of a 59-year-old in a shed on a property at Gurranang, about 25 kilometres north of Grafton in northern NSW, on Monday afternoon.

The discovery came as police searched for evidence two weeks after a 79-year-old man’s body was found inside a home on the property.

“[Police] had attended the property to make further inquiries, they did not anticipate what they found,” Coffs-Clarence Police District Commander Superintendent Joanne Schultz said on Tuesday.

She described the scene as extremely confronting and clearly traumatic.

A 32-year-old man from Gurranang was arrested at a hospital in Grafton, where he was being treated, about midday on Tuesday.

He was taken to Grafton Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of murder and stealing a motor vehicle.

The man was refused bail to appear in court on Wednesday.

Police believe the 59-year-old man died in recent days, two weeks after police first arrived at the rural property to investigate the older man’s death.

“The scene was not maintained for the entirety of that time,” Supt Schultz said.

The two deceased men were known to each other, with the younger man was visiting from out of town, Supt Schultz said.

“We’re yet to establish the relationship with the 32-year-old male,” she said.

The deceased men appeared to have suffered similar injuries.
Strike Force Faneel continues to investigate the deaths.

-AAP