Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: West Maitland , now just Maitland , was a privately founded town which grew because of its proximity to the river and which today is the commercial center of the city . The other areas were East Maitland , which was established by the colonial New South Wales government , and Morpeth , another private town founded by Lt Close , a Peninsular War veteran .
Simplified: Maitland is a city in New South Wales , Australia .