▁people ▁persist ently ▁sought ▁B ung are e ▁out ▁to ▁speak ▁to ▁instead ▁of ▁Fl ind ers . ▁And ▁his ▁med iation ▁skills ▁were ▁greatly ▁appreciated ▁by ▁the ▁Europe ans ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁shared ▁the ▁ship . ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 9 , ▁to ▁reach ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁local ▁people ▁in ▁one ▁particular ▁situation , ▁B ung are e ▁gave ▁them ▁a ▁spe ar ▁and ▁a ▁spe ar ▁thro wer ▁as ▁g ifts , ▁showing ▁them ▁how ▁to ▁use ▁them . ▁It ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁Bron wen ▁Douglas ▁as ▁a ▁" cross - c ult ural ▁act , ▁sign ifying ▁a ▁reci pro cal ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁hier arch ical ▁relationship ▁and ▁challeng ing ▁the ▁re ified ▁notion ▁of ▁' cross - c ult ural ' ▁as ▁contact ▁between ▁opposed , ▁hom ogen ized ▁' c ult ures ' ”, ▁adding ▁that ▁" the ▁Mor eton ▁Bay ▁people ▁probably ▁took ▁B ung are e ▁for ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁expedition ▁and ▁the ▁white ▁men ▁for ▁his ▁follow ers ". ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁by ▁Fl ind ers ▁on ▁his ▁circ umn avigation ▁of ▁Australia ▁between ▁ 1 8 0 1 ▁and ▁ 1 8 0 3 ▁in ▁. ▁Fl ind ers ▁was ▁the ▁cart ograph er ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁complete ▁map ▁of ▁Australia , ▁filling ▁in ▁the ▁g aps ▁from ▁previous ▁cart ographic ▁exped itions , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁advoc ate ▁for ▁naming ▁the ▁continent ▁" Austral ia ". ▁Fl ind ers ▁noted ▁that ▁B ung are