After providing police with vague information about what had happened, the man was airlifted by the rescue hospital to Mackay Base Hospital in a critical condition.
He underwent surgery and was considered to be in a “serious but stable condition” on Thursday night, according to a spokeswoman for Mackay Hospital and Health Service.
Police were dispatched from surrounding areas and at 11:30 a.m. attempted to establish an exclusion zone across a wide area of the country, hoping to contain the person responsible.
Vehicles, including media helicopters, were warned to stay away as police tried to avoid further gunfire. At 2:30 p.m., the police had located the bodies and moved the exclusion zone.
Police searched scrub and pasture in Bogie after being alerted to a triple murder.
On Thursday afternoon, Mackay District Police Superintendent Tom Armitt said the “killer or killers” were still at large, in an area he described as remote, mountainous and heavily wooded.
Armitt said the survivor had traveled “many, many miles” to raise the alarm.
“Originally, when the male person was speaking to us, he was obviously in a distressed state,” she said.
“There was some confusion about where the shooting had taken place.
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“We don’t know who is responsible.
“We have not been given any indication as to why this has happened.”
According to the most recent census, Bogie has 207 people, almost two-thirds of them male.
The nearest major company is the Glencore mine in Collinsville, but there are numerous large cattle properties.
There was speculation on Thursday about a boundary dispute between neighboring ranchers, but police remained tight-lipped.