1st Topographic Survey Squadron

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| unit_name = 1st Topographic Survey Squadron

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| country = {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| allegiance = Royal Australian Survey Corps until 1996
Royal Australian Engineers 1996 - present

| type = Squadron, topographical survey

| branch = Army

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| command_structure = 6th Engineer Support Regiment (2003–2013)
1st Intelligence Battalion (2014 – present)

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| garrison = Brisbane

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The 1st Topographic Survey Squadron is a unit of the Australian Army. It provides mapping support the Army. The squadron was originally part of the Royal Australian Survey Corps which reintegrated with Royal Australian Engineers on 1 July 1996. It was an independent squadron until 13 January 2003 when it became part of the new 6th Engineer Support Regiment.{{cite web |url=http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Divisions-and-Brigades/Forces-Command/6th-Brigade/6th-Engineer-Support-Regiment |title=6th Engineer Support Regiment |publisher=Australian Army |accessdate=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127224230/http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Divisions-and-Brigades/Forces-Command/6th-Brigade/6th-Engineer-Support-Regiment |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} In 2014 the squadron came under the command of the 1st Intelligence Battalion.{{cite journal|title=Geospatial Intelligence – extracted from 'Australian Sapper' 2014|journal=Royal Australian Survey Corps Association Queensland Branch Bulletin|edition=Christmas Edition – No 61|url=http://www.rasurvey.org/bulletins/Bulletin%2061%20Dec%2015.pdf|date=December 2015|page=5}}

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