A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 50-year-old woman was found dead at a caravan park in Gunnedah, NSW

A man has been charged with murder after a woman’s body was found in a car park in rural New Wales.

Emergency services were called to a disturbance at a tent at G’Day Parks on Henry Street in Gunnedah, north-central New South Wales, about 8.20am on Friday.

NSW Police Chief Inspector Michael Wurth said police arrived at the property within four minutes of the triple zero call. There, the police found a man allegedly covered in blood.

Then they discovered a seriously injured woman, probably in her 50s, in a nearby tent.

The woman, whose official identity has not yet been established, died at the scene.

The man was detained and taken to the Ganneda police station.

He was charged with murder late on Friday night and was refused bail to appear in Parramatta Local Court on Saturday.

The police believe that the man and the woman knew each other.

A man has been arrested after a woman’s body was found in rural New South Wales

Police say both the woman and the man were residents of Ganneda and were acquaintances

Chief Inspector Wurth previously described the scene as “traumatic”, adding that officers felt the urgency of seeing the man allegedly covered in blood.

He also informed that the couple are local residents of Ganneda.

“The man, we believe, lived in the car park for about two weeks, but the other man … lives in a separate house.”

A knife was found and recovered nearby as police set up a crime scene on Friday morning.

Police specialists will continue the forensic examination of the area, and a report will be prepared to inform the coroner.

Detectives from Oxley Police District have spoken to a number of witnesses and the Chief Inspector is appealing for other witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.