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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/26/1dffc4c87baef9884f6cc7c3677c37ca-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440An Aboriginal group is accusing an Australian mining giant of destroying priceless historical materials and keeping their destruction secret for decades, claiming that some artefacts were quite literally thrown into the trash.