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Flared jeans, 1970s, old suitcase from Pratunam markets in Bangkok and camera, courtesy Plack Sirisatien, Photograph Ed Giles.This was the original suitcase brought by Plack Sirisatien on his first trip to Australia on 25 August 1975. He also packed a camera and some flared jeans. He studied English. After time in America, Plack eventually decided to return and settle in Australia. Like many Thai migrants, Plack opened a Thai restaurant in 1984 named Siam II. Now affectionately known as Lung (Uncle) by the Thai community, Plack takes Thai students on tours of Sydney.