Place names of the Central Coast

Erina

Erina is said to be a variation of "Yerin" of "Gerrin", an Aboriginal name meaning literally "an object of fear"... This name occurs as early as 1825 when James Stewart applied to the Surveyor General for a grant of 500 acres at Erina Creek.
In the first census of the native population taken at the end of 1828 by Willoughby Bean, the local magistrate, he reported five family groups of natives. The groups mentioned are the Mial or Broken Bay tribe, the Narara, the Erina, the Tuggerah Beach and Wyong tribes.

From: Place Names of the Central Coast: origins & meanings (Historical Monographs No. 5) Eileen Pratt - West Gosford : BWHS : 1978