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The 1st Brigade is an Australian Army brigade. The brigade is headquartered at Robertson Barracks near Darwin, although significant elements are also based at RAAF Edinburgh in South Australia. A combined arms formation, the 1st Brigade consists of two infantry battalions – 5 RAR and 7 RAR – and an armoured cavalry regiment, the 1st Armoured Regiment. It also has other combat support and service support units including artillery, engineers, signals and various logistics elements.